作者：梅根·塞鲁洛（Megan Cerullo）
梅根·塞鲁洛是总部位于纽约的《哥伦比亚广播公司财经观察》（CBS MoneyWatch）记者，报道小型企业、职场、医疗保健、消费者支出和个人理财等主题。她经常出现在哥伦比亚广播公司24小时新闻频道（CBS News 24/7）讨论其报道内容。
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2026年3月27日 / 美国东部时间下午3:42 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
周五，由于美国运输安全管理局（TSA）工作人员在部分政府停摆期间再次未收到工资，全美机场出现了长达数小时的安检队伍拥堵。但旅行专家表示，一旦工作人员恢复发薪，延误情况可能在几天内得到缓解。
总统特朗普表示，他认识到向安保人员支付工资的紧迫性，已于周四指示国土安全部部长马克韦恩·穆林（Markwayne Mullin）立即向TSA员工支付工资。
周五，美国国土安全部在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的声明中表示，在特朗普的指示下，“TSA已立即开始向其员工发放工资”。该部门补充说，TSA人员最早可能在3月30日（周一）开始收到工资。
总统的这一指示是在国会仍在就该部门的资金协议进行谈判之际发出的。参议院已通过一项法案，但众议院随后予以否决。不过，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（Mike Johnson）周五表示，下议院将“尽快”对其自身计划进行投票，投票可能在当天晚些时候进行。
旅行专家表示，当资金重新流入联邦员工的银行账户后，安检队伍的情况应能相对迅速得到改善。以下是出行恢复正常的时间表：
机场混乱何时平息？
这是不到一年时间内，TSA工作人员因国会未能完全为政府提供资金而被迫无薪工作的第二次情况，这导致更多员工请病假或辞职。这进一步加剧了人员短缺，进而造成乘客安检队伍过长。
该部门称，周四TSA的请病假率达到了停摆以来的最高水平——近12%。此外，超过500名特工因资金僵局辞职。
“上一次停摆期间，一旦资金到账，员工的病假率就大幅下降。”《积分指南》（The Points Guy）旅行专家克林特·亨德森（Clint Henderson）告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，“从他们收到工资到安检排队时间恢复正常，这段时间在2天到2周之间。”
亨德森指出：“一旦资金重新流动，对乘客来说将是个好消息。”他建议，任何计划出行的人都应做好准备，在TSA特工收到工资前，美国机场仍可能持续存在出行不便。
“他们每多一天不拿到工资，情况就会更糟。”他说。
长期影响
亨德森指出，无薪工作还对员工士气造成严重打击，此次事件可能阻碍TSA招募和替换在最新政府停摆期间离职的数百名关键员工。
“长期影响更为复杂。”亨德森表示，“他们将不得不雇佣并培训更多人员，而士气非常低落，这将是一个持续存在的问题。”
编辑：艾米·皮奇（Aimee Picchi）
How soon will TSA airport security lines return to normal after the shutdown ends?
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Megan Cerullo
Megan Cerullo Reporter, MoneyWatch
Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.
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Megan Cerullo
March 27, 2026 / 3:42 PM EDT / CBS News
Hours-long security lines snarled airports across the U.S. on Friday as TSA officers missed another paycheck during the partial government shutdown, but travel experts say delays could ease within days once workers are paid again.
President Trump, who said he recognized the urgency of paying security personnel, on Thursday directed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA workers immediately.
On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement to CBS News that, at the direction of Mr. Trump, “TSA has immediately begun the process of paying its workforce.” The department added that TSA officers should begin receiving pay as early as Monday, March 30.
The president’s directive comes as Congress is still negotiating a deal on the department’s funding, with the Senate passing a measure that the House then rejected. But House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday the lower chamber would vote “as soon as possible” on its own plan, which could occur later in the day.
When money starts to flow into federal workers’ bank accounts again, security lines should improve relatively quickly, according to travel experts. Here’s how soon travel could ease.
When will airport chaos subside?
This is the second time in less than a year that TSA officers have been forced to work without pay because lawmakers have failed to fully fund the government, leading more workers to call out sick and resign. That has fueled widespread staff shortages and, in turn, long security lines for passengers.
TSA call-out rates on Thursday hit their highest level — nearly 12% — since the shutdown began. Additionally, more than 500 agents have quit as a result of the funding impasse, the department said.
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“After the last shutdown, as soon as money hit their accounts, worker sickouts dropped dramatically,” Clint Henderson, a travel expert at The Points Guy, told CBS News. It took between two days and two weeks after they received their paychecks for security screening line wait times to return to normal, Henderson noted.
“Once the money starts flowing again, it will be great for passengers,” Henderson said, advising that anyone with plans to travel should brace for ongoing frustrations at the nation’s airports until TSA agents receive their paychecks.
“Every day they go without being paid, it gets worse,” he said.
Longer-term impact
Working without pay also takes a serious toll on morale, Henderson noted, saying that the latest episode could hamper TSA’s ability to recruit and replace the hundreds of essential workers who have quit over the course of the latest government shutdown.
“The longer-term impacts are more complicated,” Henderson said. “They will have to hire and train more people, and morale is really bad, so it will be an ongoing issue.”
Edited by Aimee Picchi
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tsa-nightmare-lines-may-end-soon-after-senate-approves-most-dhs-funding-house-readies-vote/
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