自2月14日停摆开始以来，已有超过400名TSA特工辞职，代理副局长亚当·斯塔尔警告称人员短缺问题将持续加剧
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发布于2026年3月24日 美国东部时间晚上7:00
美国运输安全管理局（TSA）代理副局长亚当·斯塔尔周二向记者透露，随着国土安全部38天的停摆持续，一些TSA特工不得不出售血浆来维持生计。
“我们有些员工睡在车里，”斯塔尔在华盛顿里根国家机场对记者说，他指的是TSA雇员。”我最近和一位单亲母亲谈过，她有一个三岁的特殊需求孩子，却付不起这个三岁孩子的托儿费。”
斯塔尔还表示，一些特工为了能来上班支付油费，甚至需要抽血（卖血）。
这种严峻局面的背景是，全国TSA特工在长期资金短缺期间被迫无薪工作。如果到周五仍未解决资金问题，超过5万名TSA人员将错过停摆期间的第二笔完整薪水。
特朗普称，在资金僵局期间，美国移民局（ICE）将于周一部署到机场协助TSA
自2月14日停摆开始以来，已有超过400名运输安全管理局（TSA）官员辞职。（迈克尔·恰格洛/盖蒂图片社）
尽管过去24小时结束停摆的谈判有所升温，但斯塔尔警告称，如果停摆不尽快结束，资金短缺对TSA特工的影响将进一步恶化。
“情况非常危急，”斯塔尔说。”工作人员越久不拿到工资，就越无法来上班，最终辞职的人会更多。”
美国主要交通枢纽的TSA工作人员短缺导致机场安检口出现数小时的排队等待。斯塔尔表示，持续的春假旅行季可能会加剧机场的人员配置压力。
“如果参议院民主党人不采取行动，而且不尽快行动，情况只会更糟，”他补充说，TSA工作人员的大规模离职将影响该机构为今年夏天晚些时候即将到来的国际足联世界杯做准备的能力。
在部分政府停摆期间，一些TSA特工已开始通过出售血浆赚钱，代理副局长亚当·斯塔尔周二表示。（卡尔·考特/盖蒂图片社）
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共和党议员谴责民主党同僚阻碍支持全年国土安全部资金法案，因为民主党要求对移民执法进行改革。他们认为，TSA特工——以及各下属机构雇佣的数千名其他国土安全部工作人员——都是民主党强硬策略的受害者。
“为TSA工作的男男女女都是美国英雄，”密苏里州共和党众议员马克·阿尔福德周二在里根国家机场的新闻发布会上说。”如果要面临第三个没拿到工资的发薪日，你还会留在工作岗位吗？”
在2025年秋季创纪录的43天停摆期间，TSA特工也曾被迫无薪工作。
相比之下，民主党则指责共和党反对为国土安全部（包括TSA）提供资金的法案，而该法案排除了部门的移民执法职能。
众议员马克·阿尔福德在周二华盛顿里根国家机场的新闻发布会上强调了TSA特工在国土安全部持续停摆期间的财务困境。（盖蒂图片社）
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周二，当被问及TSA特工已工作一个多月未拿到薪水时，总统唐纳德·特朗普猛烈抨击民主党人。
“他们会不惜一切代价伤害我们的国家，以便在中期选举中获胜，”特朗普说。
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TSA warns shutdown is forcing some workers to draw blood to pay for gas
More than 400 TSA agents have resigned since the shutdown began Feb. 14, with Acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl warning staffing shortages will continue to grow
By Adam Pack
Fox News
Published March 24, 2026 7:00pm EDT
Some Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents are selling their blood plasma to make ends meet as the 38-day Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on, acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl told reporters Tuesday.
“We got folks sleeping in cars,” Stahl told reporters at Washington’s Reagan National Airport, referring to TSA employees. “I talked to a single mother recently who has a three-year-old child with special needs and can’t afford to pay for childcare for that three-year-old child.”
Stahl also said some agents are having “blood drawn to afford gas to come to work.”
The bleak situation comes as TSA agents nationwide have been forced to report to work without pay during the prolonged funding lapse. More than 50,000 TSA personnel will miss their second full paycheck of the shutdown if the funding lapse is not resolved by Friday.
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More than 400 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have quit since the shutdown began on Feb. 14.(Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images)
Though talks to end the shutdown have ramped up in the past 24 hours, Stahl warned that the impact funding lapses have on TSA agents would continue to worsen if the shutdown does not end soon.
“It’s a dire situation,” Stahl said. “The longer our folks don’t get paid, the more they’re going to not be able to come into work and the more they’re going to quit altogether.”
The shortage of TSA workers at major travel hubs across the country has led to hours-long wait times at airport security checkpoints. Stahl said the ongoing spring break travel season could exacerbate airports’ staffing constraints.
More than 400 TSA agents have quit since the shutdown began on Feb. 14.
“This again is going to get worse before it gets better if Senate Democrats particularly don’t act and don’t act soon,” he said, adding that a mass exit of TSA workers hurts the agency’s ability to prepare for the upcoming FIFA World Cup later this summer.
Some TSA agents have begun selling their blood plasma for money during the partial government shutdown, Acting Deputy Administrator Adam Stahl said Tuesday.(Carl Court/Getty Images)
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GOP lawmakers have blasted their Democratic colleagues for withholding support for a full-year DHS funding bill as the party demands reforms to immigration enforcement. They argue that TSA agents — in addition to thousands of other DHS workers employed by various sub-agencies — are victims of Democrats’ hardball tactics.
“The men and women who work for TSA agents are American heroes,” Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., said at Reagan National airport Tuesday. “Would you still be at your job if you were facing a third paycheck of not getting paid?”
TSA agents were also forced to work without pay during the record-breaking 43-day shutdown in fall 2025.
Democrats, by contrast, have blamed Republicans for opposing legislation that would fund DHS — including TSA — minus the department’s immigration enforcement functions.
Rep. Mark Alford highlighted TSA agents’ financial struggles during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown at a press conference at Washington’s Reagan National Airport on Tuesday.(Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump laid into Democrats Tuesday when asked about TSA agents working for over a month without their salary.
“They’ll do anything to hurt our country so they can try and win the midterms,” Trump said
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