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Posted on 03/25/2026 11:31:18 AM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON — Airline passengers are experiencing some of the highest security wait times in the 25-year-history of the Transportation Security Administration — with some taking more than four-and-a-half hours to make it through checkpoints, a top official told Congress Wednesday.
TSA acting administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill testified to the House Homeland Security Committee that her beleaguered agency is “being forced to consolidate” and “may have to close smaller airports if we do not have enough officers.”
“It is a fluid, challenging and unpredictable situation. We understand this is frustrating and disruptive,” she added. “This is unacceptable.”
More than 480 Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) have quit during the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, McNeill revealed, warning that the figure is rapidly growing.
On Sunday, the TSA recorded a shocking 11.76% nationwide call-out rate among officers still on the payroll, the highest figure since the shutdown began Feb. 14, according to the latest figures. At some airports, call-out rates have jumped as high as between 40% and 50%.
Before the partial shutdown, call-out rates were around 2%, according to McNeill’s deputy, Adam Stahl.
In other shocking testimony, McNeill claimed assaults against TSA officers are up 500%.
The acting administrator commended President Trump for deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports around the country to alleviate staffing pressures that have led to long wait times.
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I’m sure the Democrats blame the Republicans for this.
Or we could fire them all and privatize TSA.
Can you believe we have put up with TSA for 25 years?
They still need funding.
Shut down all the big airports in the communist cities. Let them suffer.
If anything happens, they’ll get rid of all the little airports first. Like the one I’m at right now.
Yes please, Do.
Close the airports. All of them.
General Strike against Democrats hostage taking.
Everyone just go home.
Spot on the democrats caused and own the problem the media can’t white wash this deal.
The expected back pay should be only for the TSA agents who remained on the job. Those who chose not to return to work should only be allowed to apply for unemployment benefits.
What’s the return on investment for this “security”?
The narrative is: “The Republicans control the House, the Seante, the White House, and the Supreme Court. If the government is shut down, it is their fault.”
From the Democrats - and Sunsong here on this forum.
Start with the airports in blue cities like LAX, JFK, LGA, IAD, EWR, DCA, ORD . . .
A cost is tacked on to every airline ticket to do exactly that.
They don’t care. They’ll probably pass some temporary law that has all members of congress get private jets or access to military aircraft so they can “do the public’s business and save the world from King Trump.”
Its called Spring Break Easter holiday time.
After April 4 . Good bye lines .
Not snymore
Democrats can legitimately blame Republicans because of very sloppy messaging at the top:
“I’m suggesting strongly to the Republican Party, don’t make any deal on anything,” Mr. Trump said during a crime reduction event in Memphis.
He suggested that he would use the standoff over funding for the Department of Homeland Security as leverage to pass his voter ID bill, which he says is necessary to combat voter fraud by noncitizens — something that is exceedingly rare.
“Don’t make any deal on anything unless you include voter ID,” Mr. Trump said, referring to a bill that he calls the SAVE America Act.
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