More than 300 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees have quit since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered a partial shutdown on Feb. 14 after Democrats and the White House were unable to reach a funding deal.
“Our hardworking TSA officers are, again, being forced by the Democrats to work without pay—for the THIRD time in nearly six months,” the Department of Homeland Security stated in a post on X on March 11.
The staff departures have caused shortages that are expected to continue, creating long lines at airport security checkpoints across the United States.
Some federal employees have had to turn to nonprofits to help feed their families….