ICE agents deployed by President Donald Trump to “help” overwhelmed airport workers are apparently getting paid to mostly mill about or chat with one another.
The president sent in the cavalry, ostensibly, to help with long security lines amid TSA staffing shortages caused by the partial government shutdown. He bragged about the idea with a bizarre analogy, comparing it to the invention of the humble paperclip. “It was so simple. And everybody that looked at it said, ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’” the 79-year-old said Monday.
What has ensued, however, is what seems to be a lot of aimless wandering by federal agents with nothing to do. Having not been trained to operate the security checkpoints that are the primary source of airport delays, they’ve been spotted leaning up against walls and over railings, grabbing Starbucks, chatting in groups or even handing out water to travelers.
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