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Travelers at Houston’s airports are facing hourslong wait times to get through security checkpoints because of staffing shortages related to the shutdown of the federal government.

Airline passengers flying out of Bush Intercontinental Airport on Monday have estimated wait times of 3 hours to make it through TSA security lines, according to the Houston Airports System, which over the weekend closed the security checkpoints at three of the airport’s five terminals. The estimated wait time to get through security at Hobby Airport is one hour.

The delays are the result of a shortage of TSA workers, who are employees of the federal government and working without pay as the shutdown has entered its second month.

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