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More than 300 TSA officers resigned during a government shutdown that forced them to work without pay. Staff shortages caused long security lines and major delays at several US airports.
Travel experts say passengers need to be prepared, and patient, amid the government shutdown. Until a deal is reached, officials say airport disruptions and delays could get even worse.
Air travelers are facing longer lines at security checkpoints as Transportation Security Administration workers go without full pay during a partial government shutdown.
Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration workers going without full pay during the government shutdown have quit, prompting more travel headaches.
Airports in the US are reporting longer-than-normal wait times in security lines, as Transportation Security Administration agents are poised to miss their first full paycheck this week.
Many TSA workers received no money in their paychecks Friday as the partial DHS shutdown drags on. Fees paid by airline passengers keep piling up, even as airport security officers work without pay.
A Tallahassee company has stepped up to help local TSA agents working without a paycheck. See list of estimated wait times at Florida airports March 20. The headaches continue for passengers heading to airports across Florida and the United States.
Additional security checkpoints at PHL are closed as a partial government shutdown affecting TSA drags on.
Amid a DHS shutdown, TSA officers are calling out at major US airports, forcing long TSA wait times. How long are lines at Newark, LaGuardia, JFK?
President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports if congressional Democrats don’t agree to a plan for funding most of the Department of Homeland Security.