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Bush Airport wait times climbed to four hours as ICE agents appeared at Houston airports to support TSA operations.
Vincent Longo has spent hours screening thousands of passengers and bags over the past six weeks at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s TSA security checkpoints. And he hasn’t been paid a penny.
As ICE officers were deployed to airports, some have raised concerns about their qualifications.
BWI and airports across the country are facing staffing shortages, as TSA agents continue to be affected by the partial government shutdown and by stalled efforts to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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Bush Airport security lines were long again Sunday, as Trump says he'll send ICE to TSA checkpoints
Bush Airport shut down the TSA checkpoints at Terminal A North, Terminal C South and Terminal D, according to the airport system's website.
Security was running smoothly with minimal lines throughout the morning a day after Pittsburgh was included in a list of 14 airports at which ICE would be assisting.
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.