ICE agents to be deployed to US airports beginning Monday

NPR | By Adrian Ma,

Luke Garrett

Published March 22, 2026 at 5:24 PM EDT

The president says he will send ICE agents to airports starting Monday. NPR's Luke Garrett unpacks what we know about the deployment.

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