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Tell us: are you travelling in the US during the TSA staff shortage?

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Air passengers wait in long TSA security screening checkpoint lines inside the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta international airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on 23 March 2026. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

Huge queues have been stretching for days at US airports as unpaid Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) screening agents refuse to report for duty amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.

TSA employees have not been paid in weeks due to the partial government shutdown that began on 14 February.

ICE agents were deployed to US airports to try to offset the shortfall. Over the weekend, Donald Trump claimed that immigration agents could help manage long lines.

Are you travelling or have you been travelling in the US and been caught up in the delays? How long were you waiting? Did this disrupt your travel plans? What was your experience? We would like to hear from you.

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