Houston's airport is operating just one-third to 50% of its TSA checkpoints, said Jim Szczesniak, director of aviation for the Houston Airport System. A flurry of sporting events - all this weekend - in Houston may bring more passengers to the airport, further clogging lines. A top TSA official said on Wednesday that more than 450 TSA workers have quit since the partial shutdown began. While that's just a fraction of some 50,000 TSA agents who screen passengers, the resignations paired with thousands of absences are creating longer-than-usual queues. "At this point if we bring on any new [TSA agents], those folks will not be deployed in time by FIFA," she said.

Source: The Times March 26, 2026 10:44 UTC