Ryan Knudson

If the TSA—DHS is not being funded.

The TSA is part of DHS, but ICE is also part of DHS.

So how is it that ICE has funding to do this work?

Yeah.

Right.

This is Trump's big piece of landmark legislation that he passed last year.

So how did the Department of Homeland Security receive this decision by the president?

What did they think of it?

On Monday, about 100 to 150 ICE officers started showing up to just over a dozen airports across the country.

And rather than run actual security, they're doing more crowd control, like monitoring exits and guiding people to the right lines.

Trump border official Tom Homan said this frees up tasks so that the remaining TSA agents can do the actual screening work that they're trained for.

What has the DHS said about how much of an impact this is having on these long lines?

During a press briefing today, a White House spokesperson said wait times at TSA lines have gone down.

But how long could it take to get TSA back up and running?

That's next.

The situation at airports and the decision to send in ICE officers is putting pressure on both Democrats and Republicans to reach a deal.

President Trump recently suggested that the whole thing was giving him an advantage.

Democrats, meanwhile, say it gives them the leverage.

— Either way, now that both sides are at the table, there's been some movement on Capitol Hill.

Over the weekend, Republican Senator John Thune met with Trump and proposed a solution.