Anonymous20 days ago
Roughly 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers missed their first full paycheck on March 14 as a partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown, triggered by a congressional standoff over immigration enforcement reform, enters its fifth week. With unscheduled absences doubling, more than 300 officers quitting, and spring break driving a projected 171 million travelers through airports, the shutdown has created cascading crises — from three-hour security lines at major hubs to $625 million in frozen FIFA World Cup security grants — while passengers continue paying the very security fees that fund the agency whose workers are going unpaid.