Trump Threatens to Deploy ICE Agents to Airports in Shutdown
Corroborated by 6 sources from 6 publishers
TL;DR
Reports differ across sources; according to aljazeera.com, trump threatens to deploy ICE to airports amid Homeland Security shutdown The US president called on immigration agents to place ‘heavy emphasis’ on the arrests of Somali immigrants, a frequent target of his ire.
Sources
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The Guardian (World)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/20/trump-mandelson-starmer-supreme-court-iran-us-politics-latest-news-updates
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Investing.com News
https://www.investing.com/news/economy-news/trump-threatens-to-deploy-ice-agents-to-us-airports-4574061
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Bloomberg Politics
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-21/trump-threatens-to-deploy-ice-agents-to-airports-in-dhs-shutdown
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Yahoo Sports
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trump-signs-order-ban-other-163836807.html
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Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/21/trump-threatens-to-deploy-ice-to-airports-amid-homeland-security-shutdown?traffic_source=rss
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The Hill Transportation
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5794713-donald-trump-immigration-enforcement-tsa-airport-security-dhs-shutdown
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Investing.com News
https://www.investing.com/news/world-news/trump-threatens-to-put-ice-agents-in-airports-over-funding-impasse-4574062