Over 1,100 Transportation Security Administration officers have quit during shutdown: report

More than 1,110 Transportation Safety Administration employees have quit since Feb. 14 – when their employer, the Department of Homeland Security, was shuttered for lack of funding as a result of a political dispute. 

The DHS had previously stated that 830 TSA officers left the agency due to the ongoing lapses in pay during the shutdown, according to Politico.

Congressional Democrats have held up approval of DHS over their opposition to illegal-immigration enforcement policies in the Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two federal agencies also under DHS. 

In March, the shutdown led to long passenger security-checkpoint lines at airports and canceled flights in several major cities. 

TSA Replacements require four to six months of training before they can perform regular duties at airports. President Donald Trump had signed an executive order to pay the officers, but that money will run out if the shutdown continues into May.