Anonymous10 days ago
A partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown that began February 14, 2026 has left roughly 50,000 TSA officers working without pay, driving callout rates above 40% at Houston's airports and forcing George Bush Intercontinental to operate just 2 of its 5 terminal checkpoints. Wait times have exceeded four hours during spring break, with ICE agents deployed to 13 airports at President Trump's direction—but their inability to perform security screening has done little to reduce the bottleneck, while raising civil liberties concerns about armed immigration officers stationed at domestic travel checkpoints.