From crowded checkpoints to new federal faces in terminals, travelers are navigating changes at major airports as ICE assists TSA during staffing shortages.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are being deployed to airports across the country Monday to fill TSA officer shortages, following an

Travelers at airports like San Francisco, Orlando Sanford, and Kansas City have not faced security delays due to the partial government shutdown.

Amid long waiting lines at airports, some travelers say they’re avoiding the worst delays by using TSA PreCheck Touchless ID. Airports continue to struggle with longer security lines during the partial government shutdown,

They’re pre-checking their worries at the door. With the government shutdown snarling up security, travelers are beating longer-than-usual airport lines by using TSA PreCheck Touchless IDs. The new tech combats the interminable wait times caused by the partial government shutdown,

At 20 airports in the United States, security screening is handled not by the Transportation Security Administration, but by private companies — and their checkpoints aren’t seeing long lines.

Like me, you’ve probably experienced the pang of anxiety that comes when you’re standing in an airport security line and suddenly wonder whether you remembered to take your laptop out of your bag or whether your toothpaste tube is too large.

A partial shutdown affecting the Transportation Security Administration is causing long airport lines and flight delays across the U.S.