ICE deployed to airports to ease TSA lines amid funding standoff
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With TSA officers missing pay due to a partial government shutdown, long security lines at major hubs led to ICE agents being deployed to several U.S. airports to help move lines and relieve TSA duties. DHS blamed Democrats for the funding impasse while travelers face delays, including disruptions at JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark, where a ground stop and a separate collision contributed to travel chaos.
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