White House budget documents indicate that the Trump administration wants to cut more than $1.5 billion from TSA funding and cut 9,400 jobs from the agency.
While employees at the Atlanta International Airport had to return Tyler Perry’s gift cards, they are set to receive back pay this week.
Angelina Lopez-Jimenez and her daughter were approached by an ICE agent in plain clothes on Sunday night while they were heading to their gate to visit a relative in Miami.
The ongoing DHS shutdown has seen hundreds of TSA agents quit, leading to hours-long wait times at TSA checkpoints in several airports.
Airports in Houston and New Orleans have seen passengers wait in line at TSA security checkpoints for up to three hours in recent days.