Will President Trump send ICE agents to Boston’s Logan Airport?

While Logan Airport has so far avoided the delays plaguing other major hubs, Boston’s airport may see federal immigration agents stepping into a security role at the behest of President Donald Trump.

As the partial government shutdown continues into its second month, more than 400 TSA employees have resigned after working without pay since mid-February, the Department of Homeland Security said. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is at the center of the shutdown.

As of Monday, Trump said he plans to order ICE agents to airports, where they will arrest “all illegal immigrants,” unless Democrats fund the Department of Homeland Security.

Mike Jaezajian, president of AFGE Local 2617, the New England chapter of the TSA officers’ union, said it is currently unclear whether ICE will head to Logan or any other airport in New England.

“We have not heard anything official from TSA leadership that ICE will be coming to any airport in New England. However, we are investigating,” Jaezajian said in a statement. “The New England region has not experienced the same issues as other parts of the country, so we do not see such a move as necessary at this time. However, if the employment situation deteriorates, the need for such a move may have to be re-evaluated.”

At Logan Airport, the majority of TSA agents remained at work, Boston.com previously reported, and the airport generally avoided long security lines.

Massport confirmed Sunday that Logan “has not seen any impacts to checkpoints due to the ongoing closure” and said it had no information about ICE agents going to Logan.

When asked if ICE agents would be at Logan Airport, a DHS spokesperson did not address Boston or New England directly, instead blaming the “democratic shutdown” and addressing long lines at airports across the country.

Trump will “deploy hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, currently funded by Congress, to airports that have been adversely affected,” according to Loren Pace, acting assistant secretary of Homeland Security for public affairs at the Department of the Interior.

“Because of the Democrat-imposed shutdown, President Trump is using every tool available to help American travelers facing hours-long lines at airports across the country — especially during spring break and the holiday season that is so important to many American families,” Pace said. “This will help strengthen TSA’s efforts to keep our skies safe and reduce air travel disruptions.”

AFGE National President Everett Kelly criticized the move in a statement, saying the agents “deserve to be paid, not replaced with untrained armed agents who have demonstrated how dangerous they are.”

In New England, Jaezajian said that while the union is investigating the move to deploy ICE agents, public safety is important if staffing levels are affected.

“It is important to keep the public safety situation under control,” Jaezajian said. “Any police presence at the airport will act as a deterrent to those with bad intentions.”

Molly Farrar is a general assignment reporter for Boston.com, focusing on education, politics, crime and more.