ICE Agents Frustrate Airport Workers as Shutdown Drags On
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyOn Thursday, hours-long security lines snaked through New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. The wait was far from the longest in the country—George Bush International Airport in Houston reported three and a half hour lines. Over a month into a partial government shutdown that has left some Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees working without pay, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents are calling in sick or leaving work en masse, leading to travel chaos around the US. The Trump administration’s solution? Send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in.ICE agents were deployed to at least 14 airports on Monday, ostensibly in an effort to speed up security lines—and five days…
