DHS Deploys Extra Agents to 14 Airports as TSA Lines Surge During Shutdown

With TSA staffing stretched thin by the partial government shutdown, ICE and other Homeland Security agents were deployed to 14 airports to help ease overflow at security checkpoints, where lines reached as long as six hours at places like Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental and Atlanta; travelers were hopeful some bottlenecks would ease, while others questioned the impact and noted pay and training concerns for the added personnel.