Viewfinder: Hundreds of TSA Screeners and Agents Call in Sick at Airports as the Shutdown Continues

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Jan 10, 2019

Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 9th, 2019, in New York City. It has been reported that hundreds of TSA screeners and agents have called in sick from their shifts at a number of major airports as the partial government shutdown continues. Employees of the TSA, whose job it is to keep airlines safe, are working without knowing when their next paycheck is coming.
(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio holds up a copy of the One NYC 2050 plan as he speaks about the city's response to climate change at Hunter's Point South Park on April 22nd, 2019, in the Queens borough of New York City. The Climate Mobilization Act, which has been referred to as a Green New Deal for the city, passed the city council last Thursday. The legislation, which is part of a broader plan to reduce the city's carbon footprint, would require private building owners to cut their emissions by 40 percent by 2030. The One NYC 2050 report, released Monday, includes plans for how the city can meet that goal.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks about the city's response to climate change at Hunter's Point South Park on April 22nd, 2019, in the Queens borough of New York City.

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A child stands alongside the Fearless Girl after a ceremony unveiling the statue's new permanent location outside the New York Stock Exchange on December 10th, 2018.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation agents monitor the scene near the Borderline Bar & Grill, where a mass shooting occurred, on November 8th, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, California.

United States Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (center) and celebrity chef Jose Andres (second from the right) help distribute food to furloughed federal workers at the World Central Kitchen on January 22nd, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Founded by Andres, World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters—and, in this case, the government shutdown. The kitchen has been providing meals to workers affected by the partial federal government shutdown since January 16th and started giving away groceries and providing other services this week.

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and celebrity chef Jose Andres help distribute food to furloughed federal workers at the World Central Kitchen on January 22nd, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

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As a trial begins to try to protect Haitian immigrants under Temporary Protected Status from being deported back to Haiti, people demonstrate in front of the Eastern District of New York Federal Courthouse in downtown Brooklyn.

Strong winds blow sand at a wind farm in the Coachella Valley on May 6th, 2019, in Palm Springs, California. California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment found that temperatures of the inland deserts of Southern California, including the Coachella Valley, are expected to continue climbing. According to the report, average daily highs could increase as much as 14 degrees this century if greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.

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According to California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment, average daily highs in the state's inland deserts could increase as much as 14 degrees this century if greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.

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