ICE unlikely to come to Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport, according to sheriff

By: CBS 58 Newsroom

Posted: Mar 27, 2026 3:46 PM CDT

NOW: ICE unlikely to come to Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport, according to sheriff

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Due to the ongoing staffing issues, the Trump Administration has deployed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) to airports across the country to help with security.

ICE has been set to some of the biggest airports in the country, like LaGuardia in New York and Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta.

Questions are now being raised about the possibility of agents coming to Milwaukee.

But according to Milwaukee County Sheriff Denita Ball, it seems unlikely.

"We're a smaller airport, and they've been focused on the larger airports, and so we don't believe that they will come into our community as far as being in the airports," said Sheriff Ball.

CBS 58 caught up with Sheriff Denita Ball while she attended the fourth annual Women's Law Enforcement Symposium, where all day women in the law enforcement field met at Thrive on King in Milwaukee.