US Government Shutdown Causes Chaos at Airports as TSA Officials Go Unpaid

Washington: The'partial government shutdown'caused by the political tussle between the Democrats and the government over immigration reform in the US is taking a serious turn. Today, on the 33rd day of the shutdown, about 50,000 officials of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have not been paid for the last one month. As a result, the absence of security personnel has reached 9.9%, putting millions of travelers traveling in the skies of America in trouble. According to data from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), about 30% to 40% of security personnel at New York's famous JFK, Pittsburgh, and Houston Bush airports were absent from work. The absence rate, which is usually less than 2% due to illness or other reasons, has now reached a high of 10.2%. In cities like Atlanta and New Orleans, passengers are likely to line up for more than two hours from security checks at ID3 airports. છે.નાના