Trump administration touts plan for ICE at airports amid criticism from union

U.S. President Donald Trump's border czar said on Sunday that having immigration agents bolster short-staffed Transportation Security Administration teams will speed up airport lines, but the union for TSA workers said that doesn't solve what they see as the underlying problem of pay.



In appearances on Sunday news shows, U.S. border czar Tom Homan and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy argued that Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel can help with airport security screening, starting on Monday, even though they have not been specifically trained for it.



"When we deploy tomorrow, we'll have a well thought-out plan to execute," Homan said on CNN's "State of the Union" program.



Tens of thousands of TSA agents have been working without pay for weeks because of an impasse between Democrats and Republicans in Congress over funding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the parent agency of ICE and TSA.