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

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

Partial government shutdown becomes the longest in US history

The 44-day funding lapse for the Department of Homeland Security has led to travel chaos at US airports.

T.S.A. Lines Appear to Be Getting Shorter as Workers Begin to Receive Paychecks

The hourslong waits at airports appear to be easing after the president signed an order to pay Transportation Security Administration officers.

By Christine Chung

Airport wait times improve as TSA agents begin to get paychecks

Travelers have faced hours-long security lines and missed flights as a partial government shutdown has continued for weeks.

By Daniel Wu

Airport travel chaos continues as DHS funding freeze becomes longest partial shutdown in history – US politics live

Trump has ordered pay be restored to TSA employees but it is unclear where money will come from and whether he has such legal powers Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Airports continue to warn passengers to arrive several hours early due to unpredictable Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wait times, as the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) became the longest shutdown in US history. A generational divide over the Iran war has emerged between older a...

By Tom Ambrose

US airport lines shorten as TSA workers get paid

Airports like JFK and Houston report shorter wait times, though LaGuardia still faces delays of up to two hours.

Homan fires back at CBS host on DHS shutdown blame, points to Democrats as the culprit

Tom Homan said Democrats were responsible for the DHS shutdown during a contentious interview on CBS’s Face the Nation, where Margaret Brennan challenged him over Republican control of Congress and the White House.

You'll keep seeing ICE agents at airports until TSA is back to 100%, border czar says

ICE agents at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport last Monday. Megan Varner/Getty Images ICE agents will remain "until the airports feel like they're 100%," Border Czar Tom Homan told CBS. Some wait times have alleviated since Trump signed an executive order to pay TSA agents. Although flight attendants' unions raised concerns about ICE agents at airports. The airport chaos may not be over yet, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are set to remain at many airports ...

Major US airports return to normal as TSA workers get paid - The Straits Times

Major US airports return to normal as TSA workers get paid  The Straits Times

ICE agents at US airports: Here are travel measures for visa, green card holders

ICE agents are deployed at 14 airports to manage crowds amid TSA staff shortages. Their presence raises fears of immigration enforcement.

DHS funding in limbo but TSA agents to be paid

Some airports remained clogged with hourslong delays at security

By Peter Weber, The Week US

Border Czar: ICE To Assist At Airports Until They Are 100%, TSA Pay Coming This Week

Border Czar: ICE To Assist At Airports Until They Are 100%, TSA Pay Coming This Week Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), White House border czar Tom Homan said on March 29 that ICE agents will be used to help out at airports as long as necessary and noted that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents should receive a paycheck by March 30 or March 31. Jason Henry for The New York Times Homan said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent...

By Tyler Durden

Partial government shutdown becomes the longest in US history

The partial US government shutdown has become the longest in American history, as lawmakers in Washington continue to fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

By Abubakar Ibrahim