Posted on 03/24/2026 10:47:06 AM PDT by Enterprise
Travelers are waiting in 270-minute-long queues at America's busiest airports after nearly half the Transportation Security Administration officers called off work.
Wait times have reached nearly five hours at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas after 42 percent of TSA staff called out Tuesday.
Security queues snaked around the Houston airport and through an underground tunnel as staff warned travelers whose flights were departing 'soon' that they 'may not clear security in time,' CNN reported.
Nearly 50 percent of staff at Houston's Hobby Airport called off Monday, but chaos has since calmed at the Southwest hub with security wait times currently estimated at being 10 minutes or less.
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I just wonder how many illegals are getting detained at airport security now. Wouldnt want the ICE agents skills to get rusty...
If TSA didn’t exist, these people would be working at Popeye’s or Burger King.
VOTE DEMOCRATS OUT !!!!
VOTE,RED !!!
Yikes. Sure glad I’m not flying right now.
And they would be helping those businesses go bankrupt.
Where did Congress get the power to draft people into the army?
From the states.
States can require TSA agents to report to work and they can pay them.
Those darn Republicans again.
so the democrats are controlling TSA
You got my up vote for your comment!
Like all government employees they know they are subject to shutdowns but that they will eventually get paid.
Normally I say that they should prepare for that but these are also low skilled and low paid people so their ability to sock money away is more limited.
The only good part is that they now know that Democrats hate them
Bring in scabs.
🚨 BREAKING: BEFORE and AFTER ICE!
The Atlanta airport TSA wait times have absolutely PLUMMETED, and travelers might not actually miss their flights thanks to ICE
I mean, this is simply incredible. Trump just sent in ICE and they DID IT, Americans are grateful! 🇺🇸
H/t @mattvanswol
https://x.com/i/status/2036396714672754859
Watch video at link.
What else would we expect of low IQ foreigners employed to strip search Americans??
It’s a great time to get rid of the TSA and let airports or airlines hire their own security.
So if there is a five-hour wait, what happens to a person who really needs to use a restroom after three hours? Do they have to choose between wetting themselves and going back to the end of the line? I suppose a husband or wife could hold a place for a spouse, but what about someone traveling alone?
We’re not hiring the best. It’s basically mall cop work except for a few weeks training.
TSA is full of useless fatbodies at the best of times.
Exactly.
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