Live updates: ICE to remain at airports, Trump’s border czar says

The funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security is the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history.
What to know today
ICE DEPLOYMENTS: Border czar Tom Homan said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will remain at airports until TSA officers are able to resume normal operations.
CUBA BLOCKADE: Trump said he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade.
BOOKER 2028? Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said Sunday that he is not ruling out the prospect of running for president in 2028 but is focused on running for re-election to the Senate this year.
LONGEST SHUTDOWN: The funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security crossed into new territory Sunday when it became the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history.
DHS funding lapse is now the longest government shutdown in U.S. history
The ongoing funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security crossed into new territory Sunday when it became the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history.
The DHS shutdown is now in its 44th day, breaking the previous record when the department and the rest of the federal government went without funding from October until mid-November. This time around, the rest of the federal agencies and departments are funded.
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2028 election Sen. Cory Booker says he’s ‘definitely not ruling out’ a possible presidential run
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said he is not ruling out the prospect of running for president in 2028, but that he is focused on running for re-election to the Senate this year.
“I hope New Jersey will support me for another six years,” Booker told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” yesterday.
Booker, who has served in the Senate since 2013, has already run for president once, in the 2020 election cycle. That year, he dropped out of the Democratic primary in early January, citing a lack of funds to continue his campaign.
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Trump says he has ‘no problem’ with a Russian oil tanker delivering relief to Cuba
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — Trump said he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade.
“We have a tanker out there. We don’t mind having somebody get a boatload because they need… they have to survive,” Trump told reporters last night as he flew back to Washington.
When asked if a New York Times report that the tanker would be allowed to reach Cuba was true, Trump said: “I told them, if a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem whether it’s Russia or not.”
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Border czar says ICE may not leave airports once TSA officers are paid
Border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would remain at airports until TSA officers are able to resume normal operations.
“We’re going to continue an ICE presence there, and until the airports feel like they’re in 100%, you know, in a posture where they can do normal operations,” Homan said in an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” “So if less TSA agents come back, that means we’ll keep more ICE agents there.”
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