Plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are reportedly detaining individuals at United States airports, operating under a reported partnership with the Transportation Security Administration. These plainclothes ICE agents have intercepted targets at check-in counters and arrival gates across at least 15 airports in recent weeks. The news came after a report back in December, which detailed how immigration officers were arresting people with active deportation orders at transport hubs. Chantal Morales Rojas, a 27-year-old Ecuadorian national, was held back by plainclothes officers inside a jetway after scanning her Southwest Airlines boarding pass for a flight from Denver to Oakland, California. Driven by these efforts and stringent arrest quotas imposed on officers, morale within the enforcement ranks has dropped.