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Funding to pay Transportation Security Administration officers may be on its way soon, but despite this, frontline workers and hours-long lines of travelers at US airports may not return to normal right away.
More federal immigration officers are making their way to U.S. airports after President Donald Trump said he’d deploy them to supplement the Transportation Security Administration during a government shutdown that has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country.
Staffing shortages tied to the ongoing federal shutdown forced security checkpoint closures at Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Airport on Thursday, raising the risk of delays for travelers in the days ahead.
IAH posted three- to four-hour TSA waits again Wednesday morning.
Several ICE agents were deployed to the Southwest Florida International Airport on Monday. Two days later, they're still there and helping TSA.
Travelers flying out of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport are being urged to arrive early as security lines grow at TSA checkpoints.
California is emerging as a flashpoint in a political firestorm as President Trump moves to send ICE agents into airport terminals, a plan Gov. Gavin Newsom is blasting as dangerous overreach.