ICE agents to join TSA at some US airports
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The ongoing partial government shutdown, which affects the Department of Homeland Security, has resulted in longer-than-average wait times at security checkpoints operated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), whose officers will not be paid until the shutdown has ended. Why aren’t TSA officers getting paid?
Monday travelers at BWI Marshall Airport fared better than weekend flyers, even as the Department of Homeland Security’s funding lapse continued to strain staffing. BWI officials wrote on social media early Monday that security checkpoint A — closest to the check-in stations and concourses for Southwest and American Airlines — would remain closed to start the workweek.
BWI and airports across the country are facing staffing shortages, as TSA agents continue to be affected by the partial government shutdown and by stalled efforts to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The travel chaos of the partial government shutdown delivered more long lines sprawling across three floors at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Monday.
ICE agents to help with TSA wait times and Precheck security amid shutdown. Here's how to check wait time at DCA, IAD, BWI, CLT and ATL airports today
TPG shares tips on how to get through TSA checkpoints as fast as possible during the partial federal government shutdown.