DHS Shutdown Strands 270M Passengers With 3,560 TSA Out
Key Takeaways
- Delta suspends specialty services for Congress amid DHS shutdown.
- TSA staffing shortages cause widespread airport delays due to DHS funding lapse.
- Lawmakers clash over DHS funding, prolonging the shutdown and travel disruptions.
Longest Shutdown Disrupts Travel
The partial DHS shutdown became the longest in American history at 44 days.
More than 3,560 TSA agents called out or quit across major hubs.
Airports scrambled to repurpose closed TSA lanes amid crowding that triggered delays.
House GOP Pushes Full DHS Funding
The Senate passed a bill to fund TSA and CBP while excluding ICE.
House leaders rejected it and advanced a plan to fund all DHS through May 22.
Schumer called the proposal dead on arrival.
Trump Attempts to Pay TSA
Trump announced a plan to pay TSA agents using executive authority.
“Midnight train from Georgia: A view of America from the tracks as airports struggle in the shutdown Midnight train from Georgia: A view of America from the tracks as airports struggle in the shutdown ABOARD THE CRESCENT (AP) — There’s something melodic about watching the sun rise over a rural stillness broken only by the rhythms of steel wheels on tracks”
50,000 federal workers are labeled essential but forced to work without pay.
This impasse raises concerns about security for major global events.
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