Luke Garrett

One reason is money.

Last summer, the GOP-controlled Congress passed billions in spending for ICE, and that money is allowing ICE to keep the lights on and pay its agents.

Meanwhile, the rest of DHS, which includes TSA, can't pay their workers during this partial shutdown.

Trump is basically shifting personnel resources within DHS to solve this immediate problem of airport staff shortages and delays.

But the president of the union that covers TSA workers really blasted this deployment plan, saying, you know, ICE agents are untrained and will make airport security

worse.

On Sunday morning, Trump posted on social media that ICE agents will go to U.S.

airports to help Transportation Security Administration workers, TSA workers.

Trump then blamed Democrats for the shutdown, which the White House says caused TSA staffing shortages and those long lines.

But House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries threw blame back at Trump, criticizing this planned ICE deployment at airports.

Trump said White House borders are Tom Homan is in charge of the ICE deployment to these airports.

And it's worth noting here, both TSA and ICE are part of DHS, but the two agencies have very different missions and training.

Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, is in charge of the ICE deployments to U.S.

airports.

On Sunday morning, Homan told CNN he doesn't have a finalized plan yet.

Homan said he expects ICE agents to guard entries and exits at the nation's busiest airports.

While their goal is to help TSA move passengers through security lines, Homan said ICE will still enforce immigration laws at U.S.

airports.

TSA security wait times have increased as more agents call out sick or quit.

Most TSA officers have worked without pay during the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.