A monthlong government shutdown over Department of Homeland Security funding has given Immigration and Customs Enforcement the opportunity to improve its image with the public after two fatal shootings and deportation methods led to significant voter disapproval.

ICE officers, tasked with helping to ease wait times and long lines at airports across the United States, have been filmed interacting with travelers, assisting with their luggage tags or children, giving the agency a much-needed public relations boost ahead of a critical midterm election cycle where the GOP trifecta will receive a temperature check at the ballot boxes.