US EditionLong 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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The crisis caused by the partial closure that affects the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is already impacting directly at U.S. airports and is threatening to get worse in the coming weeks. Thousands of passengers found themselves with security lines that last several hours and with limited services inside airports, just as the high season of travel by Spring Break begins.Long waits at U.S. airports.According to CNN, the partial suspension…
TSA absences at airports double during shutdown, 300 officers quit
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The TSA website has a warning travelers should know about right now
If you’re traveling soon, some grueling wait times at the airport may be in your future thanks to a partial government shutdown. But to make matters even more complicated, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is not currently updating its sites during the partial shutdown, meaning fliers can’t easily check TSA wait times before heading to the airport. “Due to the lapse in federal funding, this website will not be actively managed,” t…
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