Unpaid DHS workers ‘distracted’ as terror threats rise, fueling airport security concerns

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Air travel faces massive delays at airports due to TSA shortages as the Department of Homeland Security remains shut down over a funding feud. Former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf weighs in on the standoff. Former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf warned that a prolonged departmental shutdown has left unpaid workers "distracted" as terror threats rise, potentially putting national security at a greater risk. "You don’t want them distracted," he said Sunday on "Fox & Friends Weekend." "It’s just human nature that you're going to be worried about where that next paycheck is cut, how you're paying the bills… And we need our men and women of DHS… focused on their job at hand, whether you're in the airport or you're a Coast Guard men or women on a national security cutter, or you're doing immigration enforcement, and you're vetting folks that come into the