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The White House has announced a controversial plan to deploy hundreds of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to major airports nationwide. The move is intended to alleviate
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Tom Homan says ICE agents will assist at airport security points amid TSA staffing shortages
reak travel underway and as a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has dragged on since mid-February
Twenty airports across the United States use private companies to carry out security screenings—and have therefore avoided the long lines seen at other airports across the county amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers will be filling in for TSA workers at a number of airports across the country starting Monday.
New data shows TSA call-out rates topping 40% at Bush Airport and nearly 50% at Hobby Airport — among the highest in the country.
More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown began on Feb. 14 that has left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security
President Donald Trump's decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security during a budget impasse is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers frustrated over hourslong waits and screeners angry about missed paychecks.
Multiple sources familiar with the situation told ABC News this strategy will be in place at 14 airports across the country, though that number could change.
President Donald Trump announced the plan in a Saturday social media post, stating that ICE agents will be moved into airports.
Columbus airport officials are unsure if ICE agents will be sent to assist TSA amid the government shutdown, despite Trump's announcement.
Flight chaos returned to California on Sunday as huge lines formed at TSA checkpoints amid a spiraling funding crisis. Passengers were stuck in two-hour waits at San Diego International Airport as the 40-day Homeland Security shutdown wreaked havoc across the country.