WATCH: ICE Agent Saves Baby Who Stopped Breathing In TSA Line

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent jumped into action after a baby stuck in a crowded TSA line with his family stopped breathing at JFK International Airport in New York on Thursday.

Video footage released by the Department of Homeland Security showed a man holding a baby notice something wrong with the child and begin to rush out of the line. An ICE agent who noticed the emergency sprinted over to help the man. The agent performed a Heimlich maneuver, and the baby began breathing again, the Homeland Security Department said.

“This officer’s extraordinary bravery embodies the selfless service of DHS law enforcement,” Homeland Security added.

At JFK Airport, as travelers waited in hours-long lines, an infant became unresponsive and stopped breathing. The panic of the child’s family and nearby passengers were heard by an ICE agent stationed at a checkpoint.

This heroic officer immediately sprang into action—rushing… pic.twitter.com/JOJaFSEIZK

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) March 26, 2026

According to Fox News, the baby was a 1-year-old boy who was being held by his father when he suddenly stopped breathing.

“The agent working at his post heard the screams from the father and other passengers and sprinted to the scene,” the DHS told Fox News. “The father handed the child to the officer, who then assessed the unresponsive child and began performing the Heimlich maneuver. After a few seconds, the child started breathing again. EMS personnel arrived on scene with medical equipment to further monitor and re-assess the child. The child was re-assessed and determined to be healthy enough to fly.”

ICE agents were deployed by President Donald Trump earlier this week to help with crowd control and security as the partial government shutdown affecting TSA employees continues. Many American travelers have praised the ICE agents for helping bring down wait times at busy airports and for handing out water and helping people navigate the airport headaches.

Daily Wire reporter Jennie Taer was at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston this week and reported that the interactions between ICE agents and passengers were largely positive, with some shaking hands and expressing appreciation as they waited in long screening lines.

President Donald Trump praised ICE agents’ work at airports around the country, writing, “I am so proud of our ICE Patriots! They were unfairly maligned by the Lunatic Democrats for years, and now, at the Airports, in addition to what they are supposed to be doing, they are helping people with bags, even picking up and cleaning areas.”