Over 480 TSA workers quit as DHS shutdown nears its sixth week

The Department of Homeland Security told Congress on Wednesday that a funding standoff that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to go without pay has ​caused delays at airports and is posing major security risks. Ha McNeill, the senior official at ‌the Transportation Security Administration, told a House committee that 460 TSA officers have quit since the start of the current funding dispute after 1,110 quit during the 2025 shutdown.