Overview
- At New York’s JFK airport, a one-year-old in a TSA PreCheck lane, which is an expedited screening line, went limp and stopped breathing before an ICE agent performed the Heimlich and got him breathing again.
- DHS released security video and a written account that describe the father calling for help, the agent sprinting from his post, and the child reviving within seconds of the maneuver.
- Emergency medical personnel evaluated the boy at the checkpoint and cleared him to fly, according to DHS.
- The agent was stationed at the checkpoint because ICE officers were temporarily assigned to help TSA handle long lines during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted staffing.
- President Trump praised ICE’s airport efforts, and right-leaning outlets emphasized traveler gratitude and faster lines as part of a broader defense of the airport deployments.