TSA workers have gone without pay for more than five weeks as the partial shutdown stretches on.

Homan said he was actively working on a plan to send ICE to help out beleaguered TSA agents that would be put in place by Monday.

Travellers have faced hours-long waits at airports around the country as a partial government shutdown has left TSA agents without pay.

Hundreds of thousands of Homeland Security workers, including from the TSA, U.S. Secret Service and Coast Guard, have worked without pay since Congress failed to renew DHS funding…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were sent to airports around the country as long lines continue amid a partial government shutdown.

Hundreds of ICE agents have been deployed to 14 airports, in cities including New York, Atlanta and Houston.

TSA workers have gone without pay for more than five weeks as the partial shutdown stretches on.

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While travelers have been inconvenienced, TSA workers are suffering the brunt of the partial federal government shutdown.

As ICE officers were deployed to airports, some have raised concerns about their qualifications.

Ha Nguyen McNeill, acting administrator for Transportation Security Administration, said Wednesday that TSA agents are struggling during the shutdown.

More than 450 TSA agents have quit during the shutdown, which has left remaining agents without pay for several weeks.

They haven't been fully paid since February. "They're over their heads in debt," one officer said of his co-workers. "This is unsustainable."