HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Long security lines continue at airports across the country.<\/p>\n
At Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the TSA line wait time reached 220 minutes at some points on Sunday.<\/p>\n
TSA agents have either quit or called out sick over the past couple of weeks as they continue to work without pay due to the partial government shutdown.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Bush Airport closes some TSA checkpoints as partial government shutdown drags on<\/a><\/p>\n Multiple sources told ABC News that ICE agents will be deployed to 14 airports across the country, but it’s still unclear whether Houston-area airports are included.<\/p>\n “If we can bring in other assets and tools to assist TSA to get rid of these lines, yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in an interview with ABC News.<\/p>\n TSA saw the highest call-out rate of TSA officers at airports on Saturday, about 11.5% of the scheduled workforce, according to TSA data obtained by ABC News.<\/p>\n RELATED: TSA says nearly 10% of its officers called out sick Tuesday<\/a><\/p>\n