TAMPA \u2014\u00a0Almost a month since\u00a0their last full paycheck, thousands of TSA workers are calling out across the country. It’s leading to hours of delays\u00a0at\u00a0many\u00a0airports, but not at Tampa International.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump announced Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been called into at least 14 airports to supplement TSA starting Monday. View the list of airports here<\/a>.<\/p>\n ICE\u00a0agents\u00a0are now\u00a0at\u00a0airports\u00a0in\u00a0Atlanta, Houston, and New York\u00a0City, among others, but they are not here at Tampa International. ICE says they’re focused on airports adversely affected, and TPA was running like a well-oiled machine on Monday.<\/p>\n Businessman Darell Williams flew to Tampa from Atlanta. He was stuck in a security line for five hours, something he called a “nightmare.”<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I got there, I missed my first flight. I was still standing. I hadn’t reached the checkpoint yet. Got through the checkpoint and was making arrangements to get the second flight,\u201d said Williams. \u201cBy the time I made the second arrangements, the gate had already closed, so I had to take the third flight.\u201d<\/p>\n Williams finally made it to TPA where departing passengers are seeing the opposite of what he experienced: minimal lines, few delays and no ICE agents.<\/p>\n Since the partial government shutdown\u00a0began in mid-February, TSA agents have been working without pay.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were all very pleasant, but you knew they were on the edge. But they all did 100%,\u201d said Leonard Meyer, who flew from Houston.<\/p>\n