CNN Forced to Admit ICE Agents Slash Atlanta Airport Wait Times to Under 40 Minute Amid Democrat Partial Shutdown
Far-left CNN was compelled to report the obvious on Monday: Thanks to President Trump’s decisive deployment of ICE agents to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, security wait times have plummeted from chaotic multi-hour nightmares to under 40 minutes.
At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, scenes of total travel chaos just hours earlier gave way to something far more manageable.
Long lines that once stretched outside the terminal, leaving travelers stranded for five hours or more, suddenly vanished.
And CNN’s own reporting made it clear when the turnaround happened.
HOLY CRAP!!!
The Atlanta TSA line has now stretched to a stunning 153 minute-wait-time… AT 6AM IN THE MORNING!!!!
The line is WRAPPING AROUND BAGGAGE CLAIM!!!
THIS IS PURE INSANITY!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/2MluEMjitJ
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) March 22, 2026
OH MY GOSH!!!
The Atlanta TSA line is so long, that it is not just wrapped around baggage claim…
…BUT IS WRAPPING AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE FREAKING BUILDING!!!!
I am hearing that people waited in line for SIX HOURS last night and still missed their flights.
INSANE!!!!! pic.twitter.com/JP8u7QWmbU
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) March 23, 2026
Correspondent Ryan Young admitted on-air that conditions had drastically improved:
CNN reported Ryan Young:
“Uh, finally, we can take a deep breath here. The numbers have dropped off, the lines are getting shorter. I think the average wait time now is under 40 minutes, so if you have a flight to catch today, it’s a good time to come to Hartsfield-Jackson International.
Talking about those ICE agents—you can see a few behind me right there—and then I’m going to walk you this direction, and you can see some more of them gathered over here. This is what they’ve been doing for the most part today: doing patrols around the airport.”
“Talking and gathering, not really helping the public in the sense that they’re not taking tickets from anybody. They’re not interacting with the public, we’ve seen so far. They’re not checking anyone’s ID. At the TSA checkpoints, they’re not doing that as well.
So the big question is: what have they been doing mostly?”
“Well, it’s been providing perimeter security, as you can see over here. If we come back this direction, there’s also a contingent of officers over here.
And the reason why is what we’re being told—that there’s a protest scheduled against ICE here at the airport in the next two hours or so. So now you have extra police officers from the Atlanta Police Department ready to respond to what may happen when protesters arrive. And we’ve been told they actually applied for a permit.
“So now you’re bringing all these people, surging them into one area. This is where the lines have been long throughout the day. The lines now are gone, so that’s good news.
Whether it’s the north, the south terminals, or even the main checkpoint, we’ve been told that the lines now—again—are under 30 minutes, which is fantastic.”
“That’s after Sunday, when it was more than five hours and we saw lines stretch outside the building. When we arrived here at 6:00 a.m. this morning, there were thousands of people trying to get to the airport.
We talked to several people who we just checked through to try to see how long it would take them. The average wait time was over two hours. And right now, the airport GM is actually telling us they believe the numbers are about a 30% callout.”
“And now we’ve talked to TSA—a steward who tells us, look, they believe things could get better, but they want to get paid sometime soon.”
WATCH:
The corporate press may have tried to frame the ICE presence as controversial, but everyday Americans at the airport told a very different story.
BREAKING: The Democrats are furious after realizing American travelers by-and-large LOVE having ICE assisting TSA lines in airports
One woman realized the fake news propaganda was wrong!
“I WAS concerned…but they’re not bothering us, so let’s get it done!”
“I like that… pic.twitter.com/7yKZeY5pFO
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 23, 2026
The same scenario happened at Southwest Florida Airport.
HOLY CRAP!! ICE has helped totally CLEAR OUT the TSA lines at Southwest Florida Airport
“This morning, travelers experienced a wait time, but since I got here, the lines are moving SMOOTH.”
“COMPLETELY empty!”
Our reporter has been inside and the place is CRAWLING with ICE… pic.twitter.com/5M5joHfokZ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 23, 2026
This comes after days of absolute mayhem caused by the ongoing partial government shutdown, sparked by Democrats’ refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security properly and their endless obstruction of border security priorities.
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