Air traffic controllers not impacted by DHS dispute
A control tower at LaGuardia Airport in November. Credit: AP/Olga Fedorova
Air traffic controllers are still being paid despite the partial government shutdown, which has resulted in longer than normal wait times at airports across the country.
About 50,000 employees of the Transportation Security Administration, which handles security checkpoints, have been working without pay due to the shutdown that started Feb. 14.
Democrats have refused to fund the Department of Homeland Security, TSA's parent agency, unless it agrees to reforms of its ongoing immigration crackdown. Democrats have, however, offered to fund the TSA as a standalone entity.
Air traffic controllers are employed by the Federal Aviation Administration, which is part of the federal Department of Transportation.
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