Federal immigration agents are seen at Newark Liberty International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Federal immigration officers have arrived at U.S. airports, fulfilling President Donald Trump's pledge to deploy them to help the Transportation Security Administration during a partial government shutdown. The shutdown has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
People wait in long TSA security lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Federal immigration agents are seen at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Air travelers progress through the long lines for the TSA security checkpoint in Terminal C at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Federal agents step off the inter-terminal subway as they prepare to leave the George Bush Intercontinental Airport and transfer over to Hobby Airport Monday, March 23, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Travelers wait in line as several screening lines are closed at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La. Monday, March 23, 2026. (David Grunfeld/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Federal immigration agents are seen at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., Monday, March 23, 2026. (David Grunfeld/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
People wait in long TSA security lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
A traveler walks inside a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, March 23, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Federal immigration agents walk through Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Federal immigration agents are seen at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)
Federal immigration agents are seen at Newark Liberty International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
A closed security checkpoint is seen empty at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
A traveler speaks to police officers at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, March 23, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, Sunday, March 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Federal immigration agents peer over railings on the floor above the lines of air travelers progressing to the TSA security checkpoint in Terminal C at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
