Overview
- Security screening at LaGuardia and JFK moved briskly with waits falling from hours to minutes, according to on-site observations.
- TSA officers began receiving pay again after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ease long security lines.
- Unpaid work during the funding lapse led many officers to stop showing up, which produced the earlier multi-hour lines.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were seen patrolling JFK’s Terminal 5 and LaGuardia’s Terminal B during the period described.
- A recent runway collision at LaGuardia between an Air Canada Express jet and a fire truck killed the pilot and co-pilot and added to terminal crowding, and the runway has since reopened.