US airport security lines worsen as missed paycheck looms for screeners - Reuters
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""The fear is that, once again, they're not going to act until something really desperate happens, until we get long lines.""
— Chris Sununu , Executive
"Congress and the administration must act with urgency to reach a deal that reopens DHS and ends this shutdown."
— Chris Sununu , Executive
"No conditions. Republicans refused. They want the hostage to extract more ICE money."
— Sheldon Whitehouse , Politician
"unless lawmakers resolve the funding deadlock quickly, the situation could worsen."
— Chris Sununu , Executive
"We don't need a promise of a paycheck, we need a paycheck. We can't go to the bank with a promise."
— Angela Grana , Activist
"we need to rein in ICE and end the violence."
— Chuck Schumer , Politician
"We are in spring break travel season and expecting record numbers of people to take to the skies."
— Chris Sununu , Executive
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Regional vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1127, representing TSA workers.
Chris Sununu is the CEO of Airlines for America and former governor of New Hampshire.
Senate Minority Leader and a prominent Democratic senator from New York.
US senator from Rhode Island.
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<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNWlI0OUJ0YS1paUxCWmpTLW9EbnBsbWZJOGZ1a2xhUk1NRmxqQ1hyWjF1dzFUSFd2ZUNLUlBJZDNOUlZxV3dDT21IeG5RYnhmQWMyd056MnlNWFJzYlViZEZmcTZqOXNNeGFiWk52ZFZXQUt2U3ZNNjhIS1JHcHF4TElZS3FDNzZOamE1MmpMcXJfSFlVNFRLcFIwQTlZRHhTMTAxdXFxRlhIaHM?oc=5" target="_blank">US airport security lines worsen as missed paycheck looms for screeners</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>
Several major U.S. airports are reporting hours-long waits at security checkpoints as unpaid TSA screeners call out of work during the partial government shutdown.
The TSA staffing crisis is worsening as the March 13 paycheck deadline signals a spike in security line delays at major hubs due to the partial government shutdown.
Waiting times in security lines at some U.S. airports extended to three hours on Sunday, as absences by TSA workers rose during a partial government shutdown and as spring-break travel increased.
Waiting times in security lines at some U.S. airports extended to three hours on Sunday, as absences by TSA workers rose during a partial government shutdown and as spring-break travel increased.
Rising absences by airport screeners caused a second straight day of longer-than-normal security lines, sparking worries from airlines as the busy spring break travel period ramps up.
Airline passengers in some of the United States' largest airports are seeing long security lines just as spring break is kicking off, due to TSA absences amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.
Airports in the US are reporting longer-than-normal wait times in security lines, as TSA agents are poised to miss their first full paycheck this week due to the ongoing government shutdown.
Rising absences among airport screeners led to longer-than-normal security lines, sparking worries from airlines as the busy spring break travel period ramps up.
Travelers at major U.S. airports have been facing significant delays, with some security lines extending up to three hours, due to TSA worker absences amid the partial government shutdown.
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