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I can't speak for other airports, but here in Cleveland, the airport is owned by the city, which means it's government owned. Which means if ICE don't want those cameras used/released, they won't be. The airport itself is considered federal property from what my boss told me. The city own it, but the federal government controls it.
So......not MUCH help there. But what it DOES do, at least in this airport, is confine them to small spaces with constant flow of civilians, each with cell phone cameras. They can't kidnap anyone here, without a HUGE struggle. The layout here would make it impossible for them to take them to an unmarked car without being followed.
I've been to lots of American airports and the one thing they all have in common is lots of side doors and back hallways.
ICE/DHS already have a protocol to 'bring people aside' for 'questioning'
They can certainly use that to kidnap more victims
My point is, this airport is so small, there's nowhere for them to bring them without hundreds of people constantly around them.