Absences among transportation security workers this weekend reached their highest since a partial ​government shutdown began five weeks ago, the Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday, as immigration enforcement agents prepared to fill in for them at some of the busiest ‌U.

President Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will assist TSA agents at airports as delays and security staffing shortages continue to worsen.

Amid a partial government shutdown affecting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staffing nationwide-including at Houston airports-President Donald Trump announced agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be deployed to American airports.

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President Donald Trump said Saturday he will deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports on Monday if an agreement isn’t reached to fund the Department of Homeland Security amid a partial government shutdown.

A bill that would fund DHS and provide payments for Transportation Security Administration agents at airports failed to advance in the Senate on Friday.

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US immigration agents will be deployed to airports on Monday, President Donald Trump said, escalating a standoff in Washington over a government funding deal.