Travelers face long lines at airports after TSA workers miss first full paycheck
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Travelers continue to face long lines at airports across the U.S. due to the partial government shutdown affecting TSA agents. In:
Travelers continue to face long lines at airports across the U.S. due to the partial government shutdown affecting TSA agents.
Congress is deadlocked over Democrats' demands for immigration changes, and as a result, TSA employees missed their first full paycheck on Friday. Since the start of the funding lapse, more than 300 TSA employees have quit, and call-out rates have more than doubled, according to data obtained exclusively by CBS News.
Over the weekend, some travelers dealt with long lines at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport amid the trifecta of spring break, an incoming storm and TSA staffing shortages.
In Austin, Texas, the airport posted pictures online of a crowded departures hall.
In Atlanta, the screening checkpoint was jam-packed, too, with a wait-time at one point of nearly two hours.













