'Helpful' and 'scary': Travellers react to ICE agents at airports

"ICE officers are guarding entrances and exits, assisting with logistics, and doing crowd control."

— Lauren Bis , Executive

"ICE agents run security machines at the southern border, which he said makes them qualified to run airport security lines."

— Sean Duffy , Politician

"ICE agents were 'filling the holes' left by TSA staffing gaps."

— Tom Homan , Executive

"This pointless, reckless shutdown of our homeland security workforce has caused more than 450 TSA officers to quit."

— Lauren Bis , Executive

"Trump made a brilliant move this week, and he called me, he says, ‘Let’s send ICE to the airport.’ I thought it was a smart move."

— Tom Homan , Executive

"We’re going to arrest criminals going through this airport. We’re going to look for human trafficking, sex trafficking, money, you know, um, money smuggling."

— Tom Homan , Executive

"President Trump made a smart move. We’re going to keep the airplanes flying. We’re going to get the American people to those lines quicker, and we’re not going to give up President Trump’s promise to American people to make this country safer every day, and that’s what we’re going to keep going."

— Tom Homan , Executive

"It could be a 'test run' ahead of 'ICE’s involvement in the 2026 midterm elections.'"

— Steve Bannon , Activist

"ICE isn't needed at PIT, where TSA lines have remained short and manageable."

— Sara Innamorato , Executive

"Deploying ICE for political gamesmanship, while the government refuses to pay TSA workers, undermines that vision by injecting fear and confusion where there should be connection."

— Jaime Martinez , Activist