US President Donald Trump threatened to use Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to provide security at US airports, amid an ongoing budget standoff that has left security personnel unpaid.

TSA officers have called in sick in recent weeks as pay cheques have dried up. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President Trump has a solution to Congress' failure to pay TSA officers: sending ICE agents in their place.

In two posts on his social media platform, Trump first issued a warning and later indicated that the deployment of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could begin as early as Monday.

The lapse in funding has led to longer-than-usual lines at airport security checks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The lapse in funding has led to longer-than-usual lines at airport security checks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President Donald Trump on Saturday warned he may deploy ICE agents to US airports if Congress fails to fund airport security. The move comes as TSA staff face a second missed paycheck in a 36-day partial…

The president said ICE would "do security" as airport security staff have gone without pay for weeks due to a partial government shutdown.

Elon Musk on Saturday offered to personally cover the paychecks of Transportation Security Administration officers as a partial government shutdown enters its fifth week, leaving tens of thousands of

Tech tycoon Elon Musk offered Saturday to pay security personnel at US airports during a political standoff over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could provide security at San Diego International Airport and other U.S. airports under a proposal announced today by President Donald Trump.

March 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump threatened to send U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents to airports to cover for the Transportation Security Administration unless Democrats agree to Republican funding plans for the Department of Homeland Security.

President Donald Trump says he'll order federal immigration officers to take a role soon in airport security unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.