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Trump signed an executive action to pay TSA workers to ease airport delays as the DHS shutdown continues; the House passed a short-term DHS funding bill through May 22, while the Senate compromise funded most DHS agencies but left ICE and parts of CBP unfunded, keeping the funding stalemate and airport lines unresolved for now.
Hundreds of ICE agents were deployed to 14 U.S. airports amid a DHS shutdown-induced TSA staffing crisis, with officials saying they would handle non‑security tasks like crowd control and monitoring exits so TSA can focus on screenings. Observers saw variable implementation and unclear assignments, and while DHS and Trump officials stressed agents aren’t trained to run checkpoints or make arrests as a priority, questions remain about how much help they’ll provide and whether their presence deters trouble.
ACLU condemns Trump’s plan to deploy armed ICE agents to airports during the DHS partial shutdown, warning it would replace trained security with a hostile, untrained policing presence and citing past abuses, while urging funding for TSA only with enforceable ICE reforms to protect civil liberties and immigrants’ rights.
FEMA drained the disaster-relief fund by disbursing over $5 billion in a single week, reducing the balance from about $9.6 billion as the DHS funding lapse continues. The White House has circulated a new DHS funding offer while Democrats press for immigration-enforcement reforms, amid ongoing Capitol Hill negotiations. The live updates also cover Hillary and Bill Clinton’s Epstein-related testimonies and Democrats’ push to outline an affordability agenda ahead of midterms.