Posted on 03/23/2026 4:39:15 PM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON — Security lines at the world’s busiest airport stretched for five hours on Sunday as the TSA crisis escalated over the weekend.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted that massive waits at airports across the country are about to “get much worse” due to the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
Lines stretched around the building at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Monday.
And TSA agents told travelers that the wait for some areas at the airport — which handled 106 million travelers last year — was five hours, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Nearly 400 TSA workers have already quit already during the DHS shutdown, and Duffy warned that even more will walk off the job if they miss their second full paycheck on Friday.
“I think you’re going to see more TSA agents as we come to Thursday, Friday, Saturday of next week, they’re going to quit, or they’re not going to show up,” Duffy told ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday.
“I do think it’s going to get much worse, and as it gets worse, I think that puts pressure on the Congress to come to a resolution.”
DHS has been in a partial shutdown since Feb. 14, with Democrats filibustering a funding measure in the Senate until they get their demands for sweeping reforms to ICE and other immigration enforcement reforms.
Wait times at TSA security lines have exploded in the time since, with major travel hubs such as LaGuardia Airport and elsewhere blowing past three hours amid a shortage of workers.
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“Put all congressional Democrats,
their families, their employees and their employees families on the DO NOT FLY LIST until they fund TSA.”
Airlines could end service to BWI, Dulles and National until the TSA is funded.
Airlines could impose a $500 surcharge on flights from BWI, Dulles & National until the TSA is funded.
I caught some of this flying to a funeral 2 weekends ago.
TSA agents were already kind of pissy.
i had a 1-minute wait on Thursday at DCA. My sister had a 1-minute wait at Dulles the same day. I had a 5 minute await this morning at Orlando. But my son had a 90 minute wait at Orlando on Saturday. So it varies by airport and day.
Well, done Mr. President.
Funny thing. He will probably get an agreement with Iran before he does the Democrat's. :)
There anbout about 20 airports in the USA that use private security. One of them is San Francisco international. They must follow the training rules and guidelines of TSA but are not government employees. There is no reason that they need to be government employees.
John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York City)
O’Hare International Airport (Chicago)
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Atlanta)
Newark Liberty International Airport (Newark)
Philadelphia International Airport (Philadelphia)
Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Houston)
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (Phoenix)
Louis Armstrong International Airport (New Orleans)
Pittsburgh International Airport (Pittsburgh)
Good optics but to little effect.,
It has gone on long enough now that there are people who can’t put gas in their cars to get to work. These are not high-paying jobs.
Well, it’s Day # One for this solution being tried. Give it a week.
“if any airport was allowed to privatize security to replace TSA”
TSA is to airport security what inner city public schools are to education.
I went through SFO yesterday and security was a breeze. 10 minutes. Easy peasy. Every airport should do this.
ICE is there. Times reported as low as 30 minutes.
VOTE DEMOCRATS OUT !!!!
A good job for old men and women. 20 hours a week tax free. No building a career on it.
LOL! Not QUITE that bad but damn close.
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