A CNN reporter was astonished after witnessing wait times drastically drop at an Atlanta airport after ICE agents arrived to assist the TSA.
National Correspondent Ryan Young was at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday morning where he witnessed wait times at security checkpoints cut from an hour to just minutes.
‘Wolf, I almost can’t believe I’m able to say this, the times have dropped off tremendously this morning,’ Young told anchor Wolf Blitzer. ‘People were waiting an hour in line, now that is not the case.’
Young appeared giddy as he showed how few people there were waiting to be screened by TSA agents.
The dramatic change comes after weeks of seemingly endless lines due to a lack of TSA agents during the partial government shutdown and just one day after President Trump deployed ICE agents to airports.
‘If you look at the main checkpoint here, there seems like there’s less than a dozen people,’ Young said.
‘I don’t think people thought they were going to see the numbers where they are right now.’
Young appeared giddy while showing practically zero wait time as ICE officer patrolled the airport since being deployed on Monday
The line at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday morning stretched out the door. Travelers were advised to arrive four hours early for their flights
The CNN reporter showed ICE agents strolling around the airport and called their interactions with the public ‘pretty nice’ because they weren’t wearing masks.
‘They are patrolling the outside areas of the airport, keeping people safe, interacting with some of the people as they walk by but for the most part,’ Young added.
‘They have this defensive posture where they’re sort of just walking around and making the parameter is safe.’
Additionally, the correspondent mentioned how there was a small protest of about a dozen people against the immigration agents on Monday, but had since dispersed.
Blitzer noted that ICE agents were present at airports to aid the TSA but questioned whether they were interrogating flyers about immigration.
The correspondent said that the agents were not interacting with anybody and had not seen them check a single license.
He added how sometimes ICE officers would stand behind a TSA agent’s booth, guarding without interacting or checking boarding passes.
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