{"id":193681,"date":"2026-03-16T16:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193681\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:43:08","slug":"airport-security-lines-stretch-on-as-partial-government-shutdown-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193681\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport security lines stretch on as partial government shutdown continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0March 16, 2026 at 12:24 PM<\/p>\n<p>Long airport lines reported as partial government shutdown continues <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 The partial government shutdown continued to cause long lines at airports across the country Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The spring break travel rush and weather-related delays and cancellations on the East Coast weren\u2019t helping matters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Some passengers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport reported waiting as long as an hour to get through security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It comes as Transportation Security Administration officers missed their first full paycheck on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the TSA, more than 300 agents have vacated their positions since the start of the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials with Miami International Airport say they\u2019re urging passengers \u201cto confirm the status of their flight before coming to MIA and arrive at least two hours before their departure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They also provided a series of travel tips to flyers:<\/p>\n<p>        \ud83e\uddf3<\/p>\n<p>\n          Pack essential items such as medicine, travel documents, a phone charger, and a change of clothes in your carry-on instead of your checked bag in case your flight gets delayed and you are not able to quickly retrieve your checked bag.\n        <\/p>\n<p>        \ud83d\udec2<\/p>\n<p>          To expedite TSA checkpoint screening, follow the 3-1-1 rule for liquids or gels in your carry-on, and avoid accessories that resemble weapons and other prohibited items. Find more TSA tips on the<br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/travel\/security-screening\/whatcanibring\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TSA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        \u23f1\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>          Find the fastest TSA checkpoint for your flight with MIA\u2019s<br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miami-airport.com\/tsa-waittimes.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">real-time updates<\/a> on checkpoint wait times online.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Saira Anwer\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/c1f7fa2d-907b-4fe7-80.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Saira Anwer<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Saira Anwer joined the Local 10 News team in July 2018. Saira is two-time Emmy-nominated reporter and comes to South Florida from Madison, Wisconsin, where she was working as a reporter and anchor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0March 16, 2026 at 12:24 PM Long airport lines reported as partial government shutdown continues FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-193681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}