Policy Update: 3/25/2026
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ICE deployed to airports (during DHS shutdown)
What’s happening: ICE agents have been deployed to at least 14 airports to help with crowd control and support TSA operations as TSA staffing drops during the DHS funding lapse.
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Why this is happening: TSA officers have gone without pay since DHS funding lapsed in February, leading to increased callouts and quits, which is slowing security lines.
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TPS: Syria + Haiti terminations temporarily halted; Supreme Court taking the case
What’s happening: The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting people covered by TPS for Syria and Haiti while the legal fight continues, and set expedited arguments for April (with a decision likely by late June).
Explainer: What is TPS?
Temporary Protected Status is a program that lets people already in the U.S. temporarily live and work here when their home country is facing armed conflict, natural disasters, or other extraordinary and temporary conditions.
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Markwayne Mullin confirmed as DHS Secretary
What’s happening: The U.S. Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as the 9th Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in a 54–45 vote, and DHS says he was sworn in the next day by President Trump.
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