The agency calls the program an update to the Screening Partnership Program, in which 20 U.S. airports currently use private security screeners rather than federal workers.
The partial government shutdown is ongoing, but agents of the Transportation Security Administration are starting to receive some back pay after over 40 days without a check, despite showing up for work.
Extreme TSA lines at airports have left many passengers scrambling to rebook flights missed due to delays. But while airlines say they're helping flyers, they're not obligated to do so.
GPB's Peter Biello speaks with Ram Chellappa, an Emory University professor who studies the airline industry, about the effect of the TSA shutdown potentially ending.
It's an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.
Wait times are exceeding four hours at some major airports, leading TSA officers to call out at rates of 40 to 50%, according to TSA Deputy Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill.
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is suspending its special services for members of Congress as the partial government shutdown continues to cause long lines at airports nationwide.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are now assisting with long security lines that stretched out the doors at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport early on Monday morning. ICE agents deploy to Atlanta airport to assist with security lines. The public's response is mixed
On the March 23 edition: Georgia high school students and their cell phones may soon part ways during the school day under a law that's headed to the governor's desk; ICE officers are now assisting with long security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson; And Iran becomes a dividing issue for the candidates hoping to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress.
GPB's Peter Biello speaks with Professor Ram Chellappa of Emory University's Goizueta Business School about the impact of airport delays on airport, airlines, and passengers.
President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers and screeners.
Many TSA workers received no money in their paychecks Friday as the partial DHS shutdown drags on. Fees paid by airline passengers keep piling up, even as airport security officers work without pay.
With the busy spring break travel season looming, travel and aviation industry leaders urged Congress to end the stalemate over DHS funding before workers at TSA and ports miss a full paycheck.
