The Transportation Security Administration rolled out a new video at airports across the country Friday warning travelers of longer-than-usual wait times and staffing shortages, blaming Democrats for the partial government shutdown.

The partial shutdown began in mid-February after Congress failed to pass funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees TSA. Roughly 50,000 TSA officers are continuing to work but without regular pay during the funding lapse, raising concerns about staffing shortages and absenteeism as spring break travel ramps up.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Transportation Security Administration agents at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport are going without pay as a partial government shutdown stretches into its second month. Friday was a scheduled payday for agents at Sky Harbor ...

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Transportation Security Administration agents across the country—including hundreds here in Memphis—are now working without pay as a budget impasse at the Department of Homeland Security stretches on.