The federal government says it will improve runway safety and prevent potential collisions.
Wait times still pushed beyond two hours at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Monday morning.
How did this happen and how do we keep it from happening again?
Newark is one of 14 airports across the country where President Donald Trump has deployed ICE agents to help and keep the long lines moving.
An official estimated that about 65 ICE agents were deployed across all the terminals at Newark.
Preliminary data shows the Alaska plane cleared the FedEx plane by just 300-325 feet.