TSA employees have been working without pay during a partial shutdown of DHS over demands to reform immigration enforcement.

More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14 left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Funding was shut off to DHS over demands by Democrats for reforms at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection following alleged abuses and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis earlier this year.

There has also been a national callout rate of 10% at TSA on more than half the days of the last week, Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, said Saturday in response to questions.

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[–] 153 points 6 months ago (1 child)

But who's going to grope children and ransack luggage?

Oh right, ICE.

Nevermind, crisis averted.

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  • [–] 30 points 6 months ago

    And this raises the question: the people who quit from TSA: where do they go work next?

    Is ICE systematically poaching all the employees working for other federal, state and local enforcement agencies?

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  • [–] 105 points 6 months ago (24 children)

    They should get paid, but I’m not sorry that a government “make work” project is losing people.

    How many threats has the TSA stopped?

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  • [–] 46 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

    I've been 'randomly' screened all but one time for 'extra security' in the last decade (around 12 times). I'm a disabled dude who uses a cane for very short trips, and a chair for things like (shocking) dealing with the 30 minute trip to my gate. I even have PreCheck, because trying to take my shoes off and open my luggage when the right half of my body is basically deadweight isn't the greatest experience.

    Also most of these times (10, I think) I also had one or both bags (carry-on and stowed) searched, because of 'unusual' or 'suspicious' objects. The objects in question have once been a laptop (those damn suspicious rectangles!) and the rest were bad dragon dildos. The first time it happened I was embarrassed, but by the 3rd time, I was smirking as they pulled out a big black canine cock, highlighter-pink liger (lion-tiger hybrid) cock, and/or a small marbled purple and cream liger cock, realizing that they are holding it up to inspect it, showing it to everyone in the area - including the children - and then very quickly stuffed it back into the bag.

    The only thing tsa is good for is making people lose $125 (or whatever the price is now), embarrassing them, and showing dicks to underage children, essentially.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    the rest were bad dragon dildos

    I've seen other posts of people buying those specifically to fuck with TSA like that. Such a good idea.

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    [+] 64 points 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)
  • [–] 32 points 6 months ago

    Ditto. I need a steady paycheck. No one should put up with an employer who refuses to pay earned pay.

    I am honestly still surprised that after decades upon decades of doing this, Trump still manages to get away with refusing to pay workers what they are owed. Somehow people just forget that or don't think he won't pay them.

    In some cases there are some people who are wising up to him. The Kurds, for example, remember the sudden betrayal and withdrawal that Trump did in his first term and made it clear that they refuse to fight Iran or participate in his campaign in any way.

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    [+] 52 points 6 months ago (1 child)
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    [–] 52 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    The TSA shouldn't have been formed in the first place. It's expensive, invasive security theater.

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  • [–] 29 points 6 months ago

    I remember when the TSA first started after 9/11. People were extremely critical of them from the get go. I still remember when Joe Foss (WW2 Medal of Honor recipient and the highest scoring US Marine fighter pilot ever) was stopped by the TSA in 2002 because they thought that the Medal was a weapon of some kind and even his dummy bullet souvenirs were to be taken and destroyed... he was able to get them to not take away his medal (he had to mail it to himself at his destination). This caused a small scandal at the time.

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    [–] 48 points 6 months ago

    is it really quitting if your employer stops paying you?

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  • [–] 41 points 6 months ago

    What a poorly worded article by NBC yet again. They refuse to state the truth because trump will sick his group of criminals on them, we don't have free press anymore.

    Also, who would want to work for a broke employer anyway? We are $39 TRILLION in debt thanks mostly to Donald Trump raising it $1 trillion every 4 months.

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  • [–] 39 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I really don't understand why any of them are showing up for work at all.

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    [–] 35 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Fuck, I wouldn't work without pay either. Hell, even slaves got fed at least. And its fucking sad to think of it that way, but it's the truth.

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    [–] 29 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    No pay, no work. I’m not sure why it’s complicated, especially given there’s no guarantee that the backpay will be given. No matter whether it’s government or a pop up shady tradesperson company. “I work you pay me” is the distillation of the employer-employee relationship.

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    [–] 25 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Some people depend on their paychecks to live/exist

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    [–] 25 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Working this hated job and hoping to maybe get paid is fucked up on so many levels.

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    [–] 25 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    We've gotta get those numbers up!

    Only thing better than a strike is a mass exodus.

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    [–] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Republicans read this and go “hell yea. More unemployment!!!”

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Good. We really don't need any security theater anyway

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    [–] 21 points 6 months ago

    I don't know about you, but I am so fucking sick of winning.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago (48 children)

    Gladly let the door kick them on the way out. Heard nothing but awful power tripping stories about them.

    ICE is godawful and obviously worse. Both being gone would be great of course.

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    [–] 19 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    I'm sure airlines will be thrilled about having their customers kidnapped by ICE during security checks. Because that's how "illegals" sneak into the country, right? By buying an airline ticket and FLYING IN. Just think of the headlines.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago

    My favorite TSA experience was how my nephew was on a no fly list and we didnt find this out until we waited through two hours in line.

    My nephews age at the time? 6 months old. The No Fly order was older than he was.

    Lots of critical thinking going on with that lot, lemme tell you.

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    [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    They just announced that ice will be working with tsa at the airport in Atlanta. Oh boy, let’s have terrified travelers to and from us never go to the us again. They will be shipping you off the minute you land, I guess they will call it efficient.

    Just when you think they cannot get a more stupid.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I don't understand how payrolls just stop immediately.

    Don't they budget for the year? So they have one year's worth of payroll set aside?

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It's all about how the US government operates. The budget is actually non-binding, it's a framework that is used to write the further appropriations bills that actually allocate money to departments. The problem here is that the Homeland Security Department is the only body that does not have its funds appropriated for the remainder of the fiscal year.

    While there is a lapse in appropriations for the entire department, some functions (like ICE) already have separate funds appropriated. But apparently TSA has no stash of money hiding.

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    [–] 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    So the US is now stuck with ICE agents everywhere until they get DOGEd out? No real freedom of movement anymore and I imagine these guys are worse than cops. I anticipate they'll make gangs out of themselves cause they're so large and unchecked

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    [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    Don’t worry everyone ICE will get things done and back in order…oh shit…

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