Over 400 TSA officers have quit since beginning of shutdown: DHS

More than 400 Transportation Security Administration officers have resigned since the Department of Homeland Security partially shut down in February, as financial strain forces thousands more to miss work.

“This pointless, reckless shutdown of our homeland security workforce has caused more than 400 TSA officers to quit and thousands to call out from work because they are not able to afford gas, childcare, food, or rent,” the agency’s acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement to the Washington Examiner on Monday.