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TSA employees have been working without pay during a partial shutdown of DHS over demands to reform immigration enforcement.

More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14 left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Funding was shut off to DHS over demands by Democrats for reforms at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection following alleged abuses and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis earlier this year.

There has also been a national callout rate of 10% at TSA on more than half the days of the last week, Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, said Saturday in response to questions.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 0 points 4 hours ago

Once again, you aren't special. I've taken kids through airport security many times, and it's never been through ANY of the ordeal you describe. At least, I didn't treat it as an ordeal, just a normal trip through an airport. That's what it is, it's a different kind of place, and we have to adjust our behavior and expectations, in order to protect ourselves and everyone else.

Too bad if it means a little bit of inconvenience has to intrude on your precious, special existence. You obviously go through life expecting EVERYONE to accommodate to your demands for your life to be smooth as silk with no bumps. I live in the real world, where YOU aren't the center of my universe, or anyone else's, and nobody cares about your demands.

I can just picture you going through the line, huffing and puffing, and complaining about how long it is taking, and you don't have time to wait, yadda-yadda. I've seen your type in airports many many times. You ARE the problem, you drama queen.