Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports if DHS shutdown doesn't end, while Elon Musk offers to cover TSA agents' pay

U.S. ⁠President Donald Trump on ​Saturday ​threatened ​to send federal ⁠immigration agents ‌to U.S. ⁠airports unless congressional Democrats immediately ‌agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security. "I will move our ⁠brilliant and ‌patriotic ‌ICE Agents to the Airports ⁠where they will ⁠do ⁠Security like no one ​has ‌ever seen before," Trump wrote in ​a Truth Social post . The Trump administration has faced heavy criticism for aggressive deportation tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents. Trump claimed ICE agents handling airport security would arrest immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, specifically targeting individuals from Somalia. In a separate post later in the day, Trump said he plans to move ICE agents into airports as soon as Monday, tell them to "GET READY." "I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, 'GET READY.' NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE GAMES!" he wrote. The White House and the DHS did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment. A bipartisan group of senators met with DHS border czar Tom Homan last night to discuss additional immigration enforcement concessions made by the White House on Friday in an attempt to end the shutdown, POLITICO reported , citing lawmakers in attendance. The Senate is in session Saturday and Sunday, working on other legislative issues, but it is unclear whether further talks or a vote on the new DHS funding proposal will take place. The DHS shutdown has been less disruptive than last year's record-long government shutdown. But since much of DHS is considered essential, employees are required to work without pay. The effects of the funding lapse and lack of pay are being felt at U.S. airports, where Transportation Security Administration agents are quitting or calling out sick. DHS employees missed their first full paychecks last week. The shortage of agents has caused obscenely long lines at security checkpoints. In a separate post earlier in ...