Government Shutdown Hits TSA Hard, Airport Lines Grow

0:00It's March 26. You're listening to Canada News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with the story. Pressure is building on Congress to end a 41-day government funding shutdown that's hitting air travel hard, leaving TSA workers without. Paychecks and sparking warnings about possible airport closures. The core five centers on how to handle President Trump's immigration enforcement, with lawmakers unable to agree on funding for agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Senators are set to vote Thursday on a Republican plan to fund the Transportation Security Administration and most of the Department of Homeland Security, but skip ICE's removal operations. It's likely to fail, as Democrats say, it lacks enough limits on federal agents amid recent protests and deaths in Minneapolis. TSA officers are facing tough times, with bills piling up, evictions looming, and some even donating plasma for cash. Fallout rates have hit 11 percent nationwide. Over 480 have quit, and assault on workers are up more than 500 percent, since the shutdown

1:05started. Negotiations between parties and the White House broke down over the weekend, despite some progress on things like body cameras and officer IDs. Trump has stayed mostly quiet, while ICE keeps getting paid through last year's big tax cut bill that poured billions into Homeland Security. With Congress eyeing a spring break recess by week's end, leaders are hinting at stop-gap options if a realistic deal emerges, but the stalemate drags. On as airport lines grow longer.