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Airport insanity amid Dems’ shutdown: Letters to the Editor — March 24, 2026

The Issue: Security lines elongate as Democrats refuse to fund Homeland Security, leaving TSA agents unpaid.

It’s deplorable that Democrats don’t support ICE removing illegal immigrants. It’s even worse they are holding the innocent public hostage in an attempt to negotiate the non-negotiable (“Airport wait and seethe,” March 21).

Americans have a right to travel. Kids who saved their money to enjoy spring break are being punished. People trying to celebrate distant events or, worse, trying to visit the sick or pay their respects to the dead, are in the sights of these misaligned bureaucrats.

The TSA agents who have kept working without being paid are patriots and deserve a 50% bonus on their back pay. Take the money from the Democrats’ salaries to cover the expense.

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The other day, I saw two members of Congress being escorted through airport security, skipping the long lines we mere mortals must wait in.

If this perk were eliminated and they had to stand in line, perhaps the problem would be........

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