Airline workers reportedly decline to help US agents as Trump migrant crackdown accelerates
ICE agents at a TSA checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta in March. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenICE agents at a TSA checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta in March. “You are talking about people with legitimate pending applications.”The latest crackdown represents another policy shift for the DHS, which has generally avoided immigration enforcement at airports so as not to disrupt domestic travel.
- ▪ICE agents at a TSA checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta in March.
- ▪Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenICE agents at a TSA checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta in March.
- ▪“You are talking about people with legitimate pending applications.”The latest crackdown represents another policy shift for the DHS, which has generally avoided immigration enforcement at airports so as not to disrupt domestic travel.
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| Publication time | Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:15:11 GMT |
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ICE agents at a TSA checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta in March. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenICE agents at a TSA checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta in March. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesUS immigrationAirline workers reportedly decline to help US agents as Trump migrant crackdown acceleratesExpansion of immigration enforcement at US airports puts employees at odds with agents seeking 2,000 daily arrests Alexandra Villarreal in New YorkThu 6 Aug 2026 18.15 EDTLast modified on Thu 6 Aug 2026 18.16 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA dramatic increase in immigration enforcement at US airports has reportedly placed the airline industry at odds with the Trump administration as workers decline to help federal officials…
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