Congress is negotiating how to reopen DHS, as airport lines grow and hundreds of TSA airport workers quit. Markwayne Mullin has assumed leadership of the department.

Bush Airport wait times climbed to four hours as ICE agents appeared at Houston airports to support TSA operations.

President Trump deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to select airports on Monday in an effort to ease shutdown-related staffing strains that have contributed to long lines at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints and flight delays.

Monday travelers at BWI Marshall Airport fared better than weekend flyers, even as the Department of Homeland Security’s funding lapse continued to strain staffing. BWI officials wrote on social media early Monday that security checkpoint A — closest to the check-in stations and concourses for Southwest and American Airlines — would remain closed to start the workweek.

Tens of millions of dollars that DIA invested in state-of-the-art security screening checkpoints have helped keep the airport relatively reliable for travelers amid long TSA wait times across the country during the partial

BWI and airports across the country are facing staffing shortages, as TSA agents continue to be affected by the partial government shutdown and by stalled efforts to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

There are 20 U.S. airports where private security staff handle passenger and baggage screening as part of a Screening Partnership Program with the TSA. RELATED: ICE arrest at San

A couple traveling to Costa Rica for their anniversary vacation spent four hours at the TSA, missed their flight, and spent the night at the airport.

Travelers flying out of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport are being urged to arrive early as security lines grow at TSA checkpoints.