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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

TSA agents are donating blood and sleeping in their cars as DHS shutdown drags on

Transportation Security Administration officers have resorted to selling their blood and plasma for money as the Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags into its 40th day, the agency’s acting administrator told Congress Wednesday.

“Many in our workforce have missed bill payments, received eviction notices, had their cars repossessed and utilities shut off,” Ha Nguyen McNeill, the TSA acting administrator, said during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing.

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