‘We had no issues’: ICE agents expected to leave PHL airport this week

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents assigned to help secure Philadelphia International Airport during the government shutdown are expected to leave as early as Thursday.

The announcement came during a Philadelphia City Council budget hearing Wednesday.

The ICE agents were there to assist TSA agents, while they worked through the shutdown without pay.

Philadelphia was one of a few cities chosen to have ICE agents help passengers through security lines and backups.

“The officers that were sent to Philadelphia, from what I understand, were really well trained officers. Our view of them in the terminals — they were being very supportive of queue management, handling some of the exit lanes and advising passengers,” Tracy Borda, interim CEO at PHL said. “We really had no issues.”