U.S. airlines warn over pause in TSA PreCheck and Global Entry programs amid DHS shutdown
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The halt in the programs run by the Department of Homeland Security will begin from 6 a.m. ET Sunday, after the partial shutdown began last week.
A grouping of major U.S. airlines said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security gave travelers scant warning ahead of the temporary suspension of its PreCheck and Global Entry programs from Sunday, amid a shutdown of much of the agency.
The halt in the programs run by the DHS will begin from 6 a.m. ET (1100 GMT), after the partial shutdown began last week, following the failure of Republicans and Democrats to clinch a deal on immigration enforcement reforms.
"Airlines for America is deeply concerned that ... the traveling public will be, once again, used as a political football amid another government shutdown," Chief Executive Chris Sununu said.
The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down since February over Democratic concerns about its immigration enforcement policies.
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