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The reprieve followed weeks of chaos at the nation’s airports, and came as Congress dropped the ball once again, with lawmakers skipping town for a two-week break after the House and Senate failed to“The airport I went through yesterday, the line’s already decreased.
They’re not where they need to be, but the plan’s in place,” White House border czar Tom Homan told Fox News Saturday. More ICE agents were expected to complete training and be on the job soon, he added.Massive airport security lines that travelers experienced Friday were getting back to normal Saturday, after President Trump ordered TSA agents get paid through existing funds.TSA wait times at New York airports were back to normal Saturday. The published wait at LaGuardia’s Terminal B was just four minutes.Clogged toilets, charred laundry, sailors sleeping on the floor: Snafus sidelined $13B US aircraft carrier At Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, flyers were still being encouraged to show up four hours ahead of their flight times. At Baltimore’s Thurgood Marshall International Airport, people were waiting up to three hours to check their bags – and another 21/2 to 3 hours to get through security, WBAL TV reported. TSA struggled with its longest wait times in history last week, Deputy Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill told Congress Wednesday. The mayhem came just before a spike in spring break travel. “America’s air travel system has reached its breaking point,” the president said while signing an order Friday to pay TSA agents. “I have determined that these circumstances constitute an emergency situation compromising the Nation’s security.”The lines infuriated travelers, and were brought on by unpaid TSA agents quitting or not showing up to work during the shutdown.Trump’s move made it likely that TSA agents – who had been quitting and missing work in substantial numbers while not being paid during the shutdown that began Feb. 14 – would be back on the job. The Senate reached an agreement early Friday to pass funding for most of the Homeland Security Department, while leaving out ICE funding. Lawmakers planned to then take care of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement down the road in a reconciliation” bill they could pass with only Republican votes. But House members balked, instead passing their own version of stop gap funding for the whole Homeland Security Department, which Senate Democrats have so far refused to support.Next stop — recess: The travel mayhem appeared to spur congressional action, but the Republican House decided not to take up a bipartisan bill that the Senate passed before its members left town.Having failed to work out a deal among themselves, lawmakers skipped town for a two-week recess that extends through the Easter and Passover holidays. “It’s an absolute failure that they’re not going to paid, that it needs that kind of intervention,” Sen. John Fetterman told Fox. He said TSA agents tell him they’re exausted, frustrated, and “broke.”Clogged toilets, charred laundry, sailors sleeping on the floor: Snafus sidelined $13B US aircraft carrierKendra Duggar goes into hiding at ‘very private’ location with children after being released from jail‘Love Story’ Ending Explained: Were JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette Planning Their Divorce When Their Plane Crashed? “I’m So Sorry, Mommy”: Savannah Guthrie’s Teary ‘Today’ Apology To Her Missing Mother Will Break Your Heart Howie Mandel Sparks Tense Moment On ‘Live’ After Finding Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ Compliment Backhanded: “Like Saying, ‘You’re Smart For A Stupid Person’” Starbucks’ Hannah Montana Drink Flavor Fail Sends Fans Into Furious Frenzy: “Did We FORGET In The Show She HATES Raspberry”Massive airport security lines that travelers experienced Friday were getting back to normal Saturday, after President Trump ordered TSA agents get paid through existing funds.The lines infuriated travelers, and were brought on by unpaid TSA agents quitting or not showing up to work during the shutdown.Next stop -- recess: The travel mayhem appeared to spur congressional action, but the Republican House decided not to take up a bipartisan bill that the Senate passed before its members left town. Stream It Or Skip It: 'Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole' On Netflix, Where A Troubled Detective Tracks Down A Serial Killer Who Is Terrorizing Oslo
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