From Fox News:
Neither party escaped travelers’ ire as some estimated they had to walk miles to reach the back of the security line and wait several hours to catch their flights at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
On Thursday, lines at Bush snaked through check-in, baggage claim, out the doors and through underground subway tunnels. One traveler, who did not share his name, estimated that he and his family had to walk two miles to reach the back of the line. While many arrived several hours ahead of their scheduled departure times, those who did not could be seen frantically searching for terminals with smaller lines.
The partial shutdown was caused by disagreements in Congress over ICE and Border Patrol’s enforcement of immigration law in cities across the U.S., with Democrats making funding contingent on major changes in tactics and policy. Late Thursday night, the Senate passed a bill to fund most of DHS, including TSA, but it is not final. The House still needs to approve the measure and send it to the president before funding resumes and workers are paid.
Fox News Digital spoke to travelers at Bush whom they blamed for the massive wait times.
A traveler named Tim blamed “the politicians,” while another traveler said “all congressmen” were at fault.
“All of them, regardless of their party,” she added. “They just need to do their jobs.”
Another traveler named Lancet singled out the Democrats, who are holding out on funding for broad reforms to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.
“I mean, honestly, look, the Democrats are not voting on the DHS being reinstated. And they’re the ones who pay for TSA from what I know,” said Lancet. “So, without paying the people, they obviously can’t work.”
Another traveler, Kevin, also pointed at the Democrats.
“Anybody who votes for a Democrat after this should be shipped out of the country,” he said. “This is a Democrat mess.”
A traveler named April said, “I have no idea to be honest with you.”
A traveler named Nick was solution focused.
“People rather be on a team than rather just focus on a solution,” he said. “If we could just focus more on the problem and working together rather than focusing on the differences, I think that would be a major change. But it’s tough, man.”
CBS News also reported from Houston as disgruntled travelers shared their stories of travel hell.
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