Flyers face worsening lines as TSA callouts create chaos at some major US airports
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Travelers have been dealing with worsening airport wait times as ICE agents deploy to more than a dozen airports. Follow for live news updates.
• At the airports: Some airports are again seeing agonizing security wait times due to callouts from Transportation Security Administration officers who haven’t been paid since mid-February, although other airports are experiencing improvements. In Houston, travelers have been warned they could be waiting for more than four hours, but in Atlanta, today’s lines pale in comparison to yesterday’s. • ICE deployed: Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were sent to 14 airports yesterday, including some of those hit hardest by TSA staffing shortages. The White House’s border czar said that number could expand. • Elusive funding fix: Republican lawmakers last night indicated their party is unified behind a plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and begin paying TSA officers again. The White House today said that deal “seems to be acceptable.” With daunting security lines at some airports, you may be asking yourself: Should I just rebook? Here are some tips and tricks travelers should consider if they are traveling through airports affected by the affected airports: At Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, agitated travelers languished in four-hour lines Tuesday morning, packing an underground tunnel as a loudspeaker warned they might miss their flights.
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