Hours-long lines stretched through numerous US airports in major cities on Monday, a product of an impasse in Washington DC over homeland security reforms, immigration enforcement and voting rights.
Congress has yet to pass a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security for this fiscal year. Democrats blocked funding the department, demanding that ICE agents be held accountable for acts of violence in the course of their enforcement operations, including the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis. Democrats have also demanded policy reforms, including an end to masked operations and warrantless entry of buildings. Republicans voted against legislation that would have funded the salaries of TSA agents and the US Coast Guard while leaving other parts of the department shut down.
