TSA Lines Lengthen at Major Airports as Agents Work Unpaid Amid DHS Shutdown

Storms and DHS shutdown snarl flights as airports see delays

U.S. airports are seeing longer security lines and delayed flights as a perfect storm of TSA staffing shortages and weather events affects air travel, more than a month into the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Dozens of airports are experiencing delays on departing and inbound flights across the United States as the partial government shutdown stretches into its fifth week. At the time of publication, over 7,300 flights were del…

Partial Government Shutdown Pushes Airport Security to Its Limits – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

As U.S. airlines prepare for a record number of travelers during the spring travel period, the Department of Homeland Security announced that more than 300 of the nation’s Transportation Security Administration officers have left the agency during the partial government shutdown.  During the same period, its officers’ unscheduled absences have also increased to double digits. Data obtained by CBS News shows the nationwide callout rate for “front…

The Libs Couldn't Care Less About TSA Agents And Other Unpaid DHS Workers

Ladies and gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure:Look at those lines, folks. That is the visual representation of how few Fs Democrats give about not only TSA agents and other unpaid DHS workers, but the American people in general. As you know, Democrats have voted 4 times against reopening and funding DHS.They say this is to force Republicans to "reform" immigration enforcement, but even that nonsensical reason is pure performative bulls--t beca…

Here's how to track TSA delays at airports during the government shutdown

The months-long government shutdown is deeply impacting the TSA meaning security wait times are getting longer. Here's how to see how long you could be waiting.

U.S. says it may be forced to shut down some airports over funding standoff

The partial government shutdown has forced 50,000 Transportation Security Administration airport security officers to work without pay for the last month.

TSA Lines Expected To Increase As More Agents Quit During Shutdown

Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers / Getty The Department of Homeland Security has been effectively shut down for a month, after Senate Democrats refused to restore funding unless the agency makes significant reforms to ICE and Customs and Border Patrol. While the focus of the shutdown has been on those agencies, one of its side effects has been increasingly long TSA lines at more and more airports. The disruption to travel is expected …