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ICE agents to help with TSA wait times and Precheck security amid shutdown. Here's how to check wait time at DCA, IAD, BWI, CLT and ATL airports today
President Donald Trump early this week sent ICE agents to airports across the U.S., including San Francisco International Airport.
As U.S. airports struggle with fewer Transportation Security Administration workers during a partial government shutdown, some social media users asked why a fee collected on every airline ticket isn’t being used to pay TSA agents.
Congress is facing mounting pressure to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end the partial government shutdown as flight delays and long security lines are worsening at airports nationwide.
President Donald Trump directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the weekend to help TSA officers, who have been working without pay since the Department of Homeland Security’s annual funding lapsed last month.
Instead of finding ways to get TSA workers paid amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, Trump shipped ICE agents to airports to assist.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are now patrolling several major airports across the country to assist the Transportation Security Administration during the ongoing government shutdown.
Travelers across the country are reacting to President Trump's announcement that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin assisting airport security operations on Monday as TSA continues
Passengers traveling through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport say they support TSA officers who they believe are being used as pawns.