DHS hammers Dems over airport security lines amid funding lapse
'Democrats are shamelessly playing politics with national security,' a spokesperson asserted
By Alex Nitzberg Fox News
Published March 9, 2026 9:09am EDT
The Department of Homeland Security blamed Democrats for travelers facing long security lines amid a DHS funding lapse.
"Americans are now enduring the severe fallout from the Democrat shutdown of DHS. Today, travelers are facing TSA lines of up to nearly 3 hours long at some major airports causing missed flights and massive delays during peak travel," DHS deputy assistant secretary for public affairs Lauren Bis said in a statement, according to Transportation Security Administration posts Sunday on X.
"This chaos is a direct result of Democrats and their refusal to fund DHS. These political stunts force patriotic TSA officers, who protect our skies from serious threats, to work without pay," the statement asserted. "These frontline heroes received only partial paychecks earlier this month and now face their first full missed paycheck, leading to financial hardship, absences, and crippling staffing shortages."
Bis called upon Democrats to fund the department.
"Democrats are shamelessly playing politics with national security, punishing hardworking TSA workers and their families. Enough is enough: stop holding national security and everyday Americans hostage. Democrats must fund DHS now," she declared.
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