TSA Officers Are About To Miss Another Paycheck: ‘This Is Unsustainable’

They haven't been paid since a partial check in late February. "They're over their heads in debt," one TSA officer said of his co-workers.

Transportation Security Administration officers are bracing for another $0 paycheck to hit their bank accounts on Friday.

Unless Congress quickly reaches a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, it will mark the third paycheck that airport security screeners have missed due to the government shutdown, including a partial check from late February.

Joe Shuker, a union representative for TSA employees in several states, said workers were growing increasingly desperate and unable to afford basic staples like food and gas.

“Things won’t improve until you pay people,” Shuker told HuffPost, citing the horrendous security lines seen at several major airports this week.

Congress has been unable to reach a funding deal for DHS as Republicans resist Democrats’ demands to rein in the president’s immigration crackdown. The partial shutdown has now stretched into its 40th day, forcing workers at TSA, the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other DHS offices to go without pay.