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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