Wait times at security checkpoints in Houston and New Orleans as long as three hours due to shortage of TSA agents Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Travelers complained of long waits on Sunday – lasting hours in some cases – at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans, which officials blamed on a government shutdown of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The estimated wait time at the standard security checkpoint at the William P Hobby airport in Houston early on Sunday evening was at one point three hours, according to the Houston Airport System website. The Hobby airport said on social media on Friday it expected more travelers than normal due to spring break. In a series of posts on Sunday, the airport on X went from urging travelers to arrive early to asking them to arrive three to four hours before their flights. The airport eventually asked travelers to arrive four to five hours early to allow extra time for screening, citing the partial government shutdown. A statement from Houston Airports, which counts Hobby and George Bush intercontinental airport as part of its system, said the shutdown “can impact
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Abysmal wait times at airports dwindled Monday as Transportation Security Administration workers got their first paychecks in more than a month â apparently prompting fewer agents to call out. Four-hour wait times that plagued some…
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Read original at Fox News →A particularly busy spring break travel weekend is underway, and travelers are enduring more long lines at some airports nationwide even as the Department of Homeland Security has said Transportation Security…
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Read original at CNN →Increasingly agitated travelers are sacrificing countless hours and missing milestone events as a partial government shutdown spills into its 40th day and the country loses hundreds of airport security employees.…
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Read original at Fox News →Transportation Security Administration screeners checking passengers and their bags are the most visible layer of security at airports, but now that they have gone without pay for more than a month, some aviation…
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Read original at Fox News →The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down for more than a month. But extremely long and growing TSA wait times have created newfound political urgency to reach a deal. That â along with lawmakers wanting…
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