The program is funded through "airport cash reserves, current and future airport revenues, future revenue bond proceeds, and Federal Aviation Administration grants," according to the release, which added that no local Austin taxpayer dollars are used to fund the expansion.

Protesters gathered in Austin and at the ICE facility in Pflugerville to demand justice for a Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent earlier this week.

Protests and memorials continued in Minneapolis as an investigation opens into the death of a woman who was fatally shot by an ICE agent.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended the officer's actions, saying he did exactly what he was trained to do.