ICE agents expected to arrive at Philadelphia airport

State of play: Philly is one of at least 13 airports where DHS is deploying ICE agents, per CNN.

• Other airports include those in Pittsburgh, Chicago and New York City.

Worth noting: PHL spokesperson Heather Redfern declined to confirm if and when ICE agents could be at the airport Monday.

• A spokesperson for Mayor Cherelle Parker did not immediately return a request for comment.

Zoom in: Three security terminals at Philly's airport remained closed due to TSA staffing shortages on Monday — Terminal A-West, Terminal C and Terminal F.

By the numbers: On Sunday, 24.2% of Philly airport's TSA officers called out, per NBC News citing DHS data.

Yes, but: While PHL has seen some security delays, it's largely avoided hours-long wait times like in New Orleans and Atlanta.

• Case in point: Wait times to pass through security late Monday morning were under 10 minutes, per PHL's online tracker.

The big picture: Airport backlogs are the most visible consequence of a political standoff rooted in the January killings of two U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis: Renée Good and Alex Pretti.

• The Trump administration has sought to blame the shutdown standoff on Democrats, who have refused to fund DHS without new guardrails on ICE. Republicans have so far rejected those demands.

The other side: "Sending ICE agents into our airports won't solve anything. Only fully funding TSA will," Democratic Philly U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle tells Axios.

What we're watching: The effectiveness of putting immigration agents at airport security checkpoints in Philly.