‘Another disaster waiting to happen’: Sending ICE agents into airports incites uproar as TSA wait times stretch hours long

Amid the ongoing partial U.S. government shutdown, social media is dominated by images of airports in chaos. Security lines are stretching into airport parking garages. Wait times are hours long. More and more travelers are outright missing their flights due to the delays.

On paper, the solution is clear: restore funding to the TSA to get agents paid again and back into airports. But President Donald Trump had a different idea that’s gone into effect as of Monday: send ICE agents into airports instead.