More than 300 Transportation Security Administration employees have left the agency in the United States since the Department of Homeland Security shutdown began on Feb. 14, according to internal figures obtained by CBS News. The departures have placed fresh pressure on airport screening operations while Kristi Noem's department remains mired in a funding crisis during the spring break rush.
For context, roughly 50,000 TSA employees have been required to keep working without pay during the shutdown, and CBS reported that nationwide unscheduled absences among frontline officers have climbed to an average of 6% from about 2% before funding lapsed.
