Hourslong lines at airport security checkpoints are easing up as ICE officers help TSA.
A handful of airports, including San Francisco and Kansas City International, participate in a program that lets them rely on private screeners instead of T.S.A. agents.
TSA officials said Wednesday that airport wait times are now at all-time highs, and the agency may be forced to temporarily close some airports due to the partial government shutdown.
The Transportation Security Administration warned that airport security is under severe strain as a weeks-long Department of Homeland Security funding shutdown drives staffing shortages, long wait times and mounting disruptions across the US.
Wait times are exceeding four hours at some major airports, leading TSA officers to call out at rates of 40 to 50%, according to TSA Deputy Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday responded to threats by Soros-backed Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to arrest ICE agents in the Philadelphia airport. Leavitt held a press briefing amid the ongoing government shutdown and news that the Pentagon plans to send an additional 3,000 troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne…
The real journey isn’t the flight — it’s getting through airport security without losing your mind.
The Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday that it will deploy 500 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports in New York on Thursday to assist Transportation Security Administration officers, as the partial government shutdown has reached 40 days. ICE officers had already been deployed to at least 13 major airports, including New…
ICE agents aren't trained to do what TSA agents do. Not even close.
During his remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee, President Trump said that ICE agents have been "so great" amid the partial DHS shutdown, which has led to increased absences among TSA officers. Trump added he is willing to deploy the National Guard to help if needed, and blamed the DHS funding lapse to Democrats.
