Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deployed to more than a dozen airports across the U.S. on Monday amid persistent staffing shortages within the Transportation Security Administration caused by the prolonged partial government shutdown. TSA workers have gone without pay for more than one month, leading many to call in sick or resign. That’s led to wait times of up to six hours at some airport security lines. This is Pascual Contreras, a union member and TSA employee in Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport.

Pascual Contreras: “On a personal level, I don’t think we need them here. We need to be paid. Why would you bring another agency to be TSA when you already have TSA? … What I’m getting from some of the officers is that they’re just in the way. Now we’re just — on top of having the heavy burden, now we have to train them in how we do our job?”