SEE IT: Travelers sound off as ICE agents deployed to airports as shutdown nears 40 days

"I think it's ludicrous," one observer told Fox News Digital. "First of all, they're not trained for screening. Secondly, the last thing we need in airports is armed people."

Others believe the solution is better than nothing.

"I'm a traveler - anything that helps people get through the airports and have a good experience and keeps us safe is great," a second person said.

"Transportation Security Officers and other Transportation Security Administration roles critical to national safety at our nation's airports are going without pay for the third time in nearly six months," DHS said in a statement.

"Because of this DHS shutdown, Americans are facing hours-long waits at airports across the country. Democrats must reopen DHS now."

Some travelers warned that the public might not receive ICE well in airports due to their role in Trump's immigration crackdown.

"I think that ICE agents - what's happened has kind of wrecked their reputation in communities all over the United States, and so I don't think it is a good idea. I think it will make people nervous. They could be coming here to do really good things, but they've already set that reputation, and I think that's going to stick with them and people aren't going to trust them."