More federal immigration officers are making their way to U.S. airports after President Donald Trump said he’d deploy them to supplement the Transportation Security Administration during a government shutdown that has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country.

"On Monday, ICE will ⁠be going ⁠to airports ⁠to help ​our wonderful TSA Agents ​who ⁠have stayed on the job," he said ⁠in a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump ⁠had on Saturday threatened to deploy ICE agents to airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do ⁠not immediately agree to fund airport safety.

President Donald Trump said ICE agents will be deployed to airports starting March 23 as TSA workers go unpaid during the partial government shutdown.

President Donald Trump deploys ICE agents to help TSA as airport wait times surge during the partial government shutdown.

Spring break travel is straining airports as rising absences and resignations among unpaid TSA officers stretch security over a month into the funding standoff.

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

Travellers have faced hours-long waits at airports around the country as a partial government shutdown has left TSA agents without pay.

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.