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by\u00a0Eli Wolfe<\/a> <\/strong>March 23, 2026 (Oaklandside.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26082477294280-780x520.jpg\")
Travelers throughout the country are dealing with endless lines and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who\u2019ve been deployed by President Trump to support TSA agents during the government shutdown. But the agents haven\u2019t been deployed to the Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Never miss a story.<\/strong> Sign up for The Oaklandside\u2019s free daily newsletter.<\/strong>Email<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to CNN, ICE agents have been deployed at 14 airports<\/a> as of Monday, while the New York Times reports that between 100 and 150 agents<\/a> have been sent in to help with long security lines. None of the listed airports are in the Bay Area, but several outlets reported that ICE agents appeared to restrain a woman and her daughter<\/a> inside SFO\u2019s Terminal 3 on Sunday night. SFO officials said federal officers were escorting<\/a> individuals on an outbound flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n White House border czar Tom Homan said Monday that residents should expect to see<\/a> ICE agents at more airports in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The deployment follows weeks of fighting in Congress over a funding package for the Department of Homeland Security. Democrats have refused to fund<\/a> ICE or Customs and Border Protection without changes to their operations after agents killed<\/a> two people in Minneapolis. Trump has pushed Republicans in Congress to not accept any deal<\/a> unless Democrats agree to pass a bill that would make it more difficult for millions of Americans to vote<\/a> in elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Airport spokesperson Kaley Skantz told The Oaklandside that OAK hasn\u2019t been advised of any deployments of ICE agents to the airport at this time, or any other operational changes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement to The Oaklandside, DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis declined to confirm the locations of officers. \u201cPresident Trump is taking action to deploy hundreds of ICE officers, who are currently funded by Congress, to airports being adversely impacted,\u201d Bis said in an email. \u201cThis will help bolster TSA efforts to keep our skies safe and minimize air travel disruptions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n As unpaid TSA agents call out of work, airports in some cities have seen nightmarish lines. CNN reported<\/a> that wait times at Houston hit 270 minutes, while at JFK in New York, it\u2019s over an hour. An airplane crash<\/a> at one of New York\u2019s other major airports early Monday morning resulted in numerous flight cancellations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Travelers in Oakland thus far haven\u2019t been impacted. Skaley said that OAK \u201chas not experienced longer than typical TSA passenger lines recently.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe continue to recommend that passengers arrive at the airport at least two hours prior to their flight for domestic travel, and at least three hours prior for international,\u201d Kaley said in an email. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Several Reddit users have also reported nothing amiss<\/a> at OAK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI arrived at 8:11am on 3\/23 for a flight,\u201d one commenter\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0this morning. \u201cNo lines at check point. 5 minutes to clear the bags through the scanner. This was for all lines.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n eli@oaklandside.org<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Eli Wolfe reports on City Hall for The Oaklandside. He was previously a senior reporter for San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight, where he had a beat covering Santa Clara County\u2019s government and transportation. He also worked as an investigative reporter for the Pasadena-based newsroom FairWarning, where he covered labor, consumer protection and transportation issues. He started his journalism career as a freelancer based out of Berkeley. Eli\u2019s stories have appeared in The Atlantic, NBCNews.com, Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere. Eli graduated from UC Santa Cruz and grew up in San Francisco.More by Eli Wolfe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Immigration agents are appearing at airports throughout the country to support TSA. What does that mean for OAK? by\u00a0Eli Wolfe March 23, 2026 (Oaklandside.org) Travelers throughout the country are dealing with endless lines and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who\u2019ve been deployed by President Trump to support TSA agents during… Continue reading Eli Wolfe<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n