The DHS shutdown entered its 35th day on March 21, and TSA checkpoints at airports across the country are operating with dramatically reduced staff during the peak of spring break season. More than 400 TSA officers have quit since funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on February 14th, and the agents who remain are working without pay for the third time in six months.
The partial government shutdown that began on February 14th when funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed has now dragged past its 35th day, and the consequences at airports across the country have gone from annoying to genuinely alarming. More than 400 TSA officers have left their jobs since the shutdown began. The ones who remain are working without pay for the third time in six months, following last year's 43-day shutdown and a brief funding lapse in January.
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