Across some of the nation’s busiest airports this week, groups of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents surveyed what felt like never-ending security lines, some directing confused travelers or

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deployed to Louis Armstrong International in New Orleans Monday morning as airports across the country continue to battle delays and security agent sick-outs amid a partial government shutdown.

reak travel underway and as a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has dragged on since mid-February

As Congress has yet to fund the Department of Homeland Security over disagreement concerning the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, TSA agents remain unpaid, and airports continue to see long security lines.

A day after President Trump said he did not want a compromise, Senate Republicans sent Democrats a plan that would break off ICE enforcement funding and reopen the rest of the department.

Starting Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be deployed to major airports across the country to help with long TSA lines. For now, the Department of Homeland Security said RDU is not on the list.