Major US airports return to normal as TSA workers get paid - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOVGI2anFpWkRiRnd4X2ZDMDZxZWdGTDd1OHRpTUYtSkNVSkh0N3RUcWhTMEhrdzhPOU9TRmxHb0E2dWJ0Y2lXc3lQSkZoY0pPY2FRTVFLZnM2U3lHR0ZuZjBEZUgyVzBMZ3RuVHNlOFZRdEdaWVJuMlNhdm5zMHd5LTFzQzhYZUFNX3dmWGx1eGU0VUY4V0M4X3JadE1vampsZmlyOEwwWQ?oc=5" target="_blank">Major US airports return to normal as TSA workers get paid</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

As TSA officers begin receiving overdue backpay, security lines at major U.S. airports like Houston, Atlanta, and Baltimore have significantly shortened, though the government shutdown persists.

Despite an executive order to pay TSA officers, significant delays at airports are expected to persist due to ongoing staffing shortages and uncertainty about future payments.

Despite President Trump's order to pay TSA workers, delays continue at major U.S. airports as Congress has yet to reach a funding agreement for the Department of Homeland Security.

While TSA agents are set to receive paychecks following an executive order, it may not lead to immediate relief at airport security lines due to ongoing staffing issues.

TSA workers are set to receive paychecks again following an executive order, but questions remain about the impact on airport delays and staffing levels.

After weeks of chaos in U.S. airports, the Transportation Safety Administration said Monday that most of its officers received much of their back pay Monday for working during the shutdown. Weary travelers hope the overdue pay ... lead to the end of the hours-long security lines travelers experienced at several major U.S. airports in recent weeks. Wait times at some TSA security bottlenecks, such as the airport checkpoints in Atlanta and Houston, already had improved significantly Monday morning. But how long it will take for long security lines to consistently return to normal — and how long federal immigration officers will ... — remain unknown as the busy spring break travel ... . “Working without pay forced more than 500 officers to leave TSA, and thousands were forced to call out,” said acting TSA Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. The Department of Homeland Security shutdown resulted in not only travel delays but also warnings of airport closures as TSA workers who were only just recovering financially from last fall’s extended government shutdown stopped going to work. Wait times still pushed beyond two hours at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Monday morning. Baltimore-Washington International Airport had minimal wait times Monday morning, but continued to advise travelers to arrive three hours before their scheduled departure. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered DHS to pay TSA officers immediately to ease the lines plaguing airports. The move came after Trump rejected bipartisan congressional efforts to fund the TSA while negotiations continue with Democrats, who have refused to approve more funding without restraints on Trump’s immigration enforcement and mass deportation operations.