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TPG shares tips on how to get through TSA checkpoints as fast as possible during the partial federal government shutdown.
Passengers wait in lines as they maneuver toward a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta on March 23. (Alyssa Pointer/Reuters) Immigration officers were deployed to 14 airports across the United States on Monday as part of an effort by the Trump administration to help alleviate long lines and severe delays caused by understaffing at security checkpoints.
Travelers hoping to bypass some of the increasingly long wait times at U.S. airports can enroll in the TSA PreCheck Touchless ID program, which is now operating at 65 locations.
As the TSA app does not show real-time data amid the partial government shutdown, here are a few alternatives travelers can use to make the wait easier.