TSA lines stretch for hours as Trump deploys ICE agents to US airports
Security lines stretched for hours on Monday at US airports where unpaid Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) screening agents refused to report for duty and ICE agents deployed by Donald Trump were reportedly seen in a dozen cities.
The president claimed over the weekend that immigration agents could help manage long lines, but in Atlanta, little immediate impact of their presence could be observed. Meanwhile, airport staff were getting creative trying to herd thousands of discontented passengers.
Lines at Hartsfield Jackson international airport had spilled out from the screening area, winding inside and out of the staging area, the baggage claim and at 9am were in a loop on the curb. People hoping to make mid-morning flights had been standing in line since before sunrise.
Screening agents from the TSA have gone unpaid while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains partially shut down. The budget impasse in Washington DC stems from demands by Democratic lawmakers to hold immigration enforcement agents to account after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, and practices of warrantless detention and militarized raids that have raised alarms.
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No improvement in other words.