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The administration led by Trump has sent ICE agents to 14 airports across the United States to help alleviate the increasing shortages in TSA staff resulting from the ongoing government shutdown at DHS. Officials from the TSA union argue that ICE personnel are not equipped to handle security screening and will not help decrease wait times. There is a stalemate in Congress, with both Democrats and Republicans unable to agree on funding, as Senate Democrats are unwilling to provide financial support to DHS without reforms in immigration enforcement. More than 300 TSA employees have resigned nationwide, and the situation is predicted to deteriorate further during the busy spring break travel season.

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00:00The U.S. government has been partially shut down for 40 days.
00:0450,000 TSA security officers are working without pay.
00:08And now, the Trump administration's solution is to send ICE agents to airports.
00:13The White House has deployed immigration and customs enforcement officers
00:17to 14 major airports across the country, including Houston, Atlanta, and New Orleans,
00:23in an attempt to manage the growing chaos at security checkpoints.
00:27But TSA union officials are pushing back hard.
00:31The union representative said it plainly.
00:34ICE agents are not trained to run security screenings.
00:37They cannot replace TSA officers.
00:40They will not reduce your wait time.
00:42Meanwhile, the political deadlock continues.
00:45Senate Republicans want to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
00:50Senate Democrats are refusing any deal without immigration reforms first.
00:54And caught in the middle of all of this, millions of American travelers trying to get home for spring break.
01:01Congress has been warned.
01:03The longer this drags on, the worse it gets for everyone boarding a plane in America.
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