Government Shutdown Hits Air Travel Hard

0:00Pressure builds on Congress to end the 41-day government shutdown hitting air travel hard, with unpaid TSA workers causing delays and quit. Rates climbing. The core fight centers on funding President Trump's immigration crackdown, particularly ICE enforcement operations, while most of Homeland Security goes unfunded. Senators Aya Thursday vote on a Republican plan to cover TSA and much of the department skipping ICE removals. Let's call it two-week without stronger checks on border agents, especially after protester deaths in Minneapolis and the measure looks set to, flop. Travelers face two-and-a-half to four-hour security weights at big hubs like Houston's George Bush Intercontinental, with lines worsening from spring. Breakrouts. Nearly 11% of TSA's 50,000 officers skip shifts one day, over 480 quit, and assault on them jumped 500%. Trump, mostly hands-off till now, warns of national guard troops at airports, and more

1:01ID checks by ICI, if talked stall. Recent White House offers on agent IDs and training fell apart over the weekend, despite some GOP concessions like body cameras. As Congress nears its spring recess by week's end, leaders push for a stopgab deal to ease TSA strains and protect jobs, hoping fresh offers break though. Deadlock soon. That's your update from Vancouver News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.