Unless Congress finds a way to pay TSA workers before leaving on a two-week break from Washington, travelers can expect airport security lines to get worse.

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

The Trump administration said it plans to send ICE officers to help ease airport congestion amid TSA officer absences as they face second missed full paycheck.

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

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

Unless Congress finds a way to pay TSA workers before leaving on a two-week break from Washington, travelers can expect airport security lines to get worse.

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

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."

Wait times for TSA security screening appeared to shrink in cities like Atlanta, New Orleans and Houston, but airports are bracing for weekend travel.

USA TODAY is tracking TSA wait times in real-time as lines grow and traveler frustration mounts amid the partial government shutdown

The announcement comes as long lines for TSA screening of air travelers at airports around the United States persist.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that Transportation Security Administration employees will begin receiving paychecks.