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Long Queues at US Airports Frustrate Travellers
About 61,000 TSA employees are working without pay during the partial DHS shutdown, causing longer security lines, flight delays, and closed priority lanes at major U.S. airports.
- On March 9, the Transportation Security Administration faced hours-long security lines at major hubs including Atlanta and Houston's Hobby Airport, while over 7,200 flights were delayed and 670 canceled on March 8.
- Since Feb. 14, the Department of Homeland Security has had funding frozen after Congress failed to fully fund it, leaving about 61,000 TSA employees unpaid after a partial paycheck on Feb. 28.
- At Philadelphia International Airport, TSA waits ranged from 3 to 16 minutes, while Baltimore/Washington International reported 0–18 minute waits and some closed lanes; DHS briefly paused then restored PreCheck in early February.
- Some TSA agents are calling in sick or taking other jobs unpaid, delaying travelers and prompting Louis Armstrong International Airport to advise arriving three hours early amid industry warnings.
- Amid pressure for ICE reform after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said, 'Negotiations have been going now for well over a month.
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Richmond flyers caught in TSA chaos amid government shutdown: 'Pack your patience'
RICHMOND, Va. Travelers at some of the nation's busiest airports faced hours-long security lines Monday as a partial government shutdown entering its fourth week continues to drive a spike in TSA sick calls.Tangila Smith arrived back home to Richmond early Monday evening from a girls trip to Houston but only half her group made it on the same flight home, despite everyone arriving at Houston Hobby Airport three hours before departure."We got the…
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