ICE agents leaving Philadelphia International Airport

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Thursday, April 9, 2026
ICE agents leaving Philadelphia International Airport

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Now that all TSA checkpoints and terminals are open at Philadelphia International Airport, ICE agents are leaving.

The airport's interim CEO announced during a city council budget meeting on Wednesday that the agents would be gone by Thursday.

The Trump administration deployed the agents to Philadelphia International Airport and 13 other airports across the country last month to assist during the TSA staffing shortage caused by the partial government shutdown.

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