November 4, 2025
Houston Travelers Stuck in 4-Hour TSA Queue Amid Shutdown
Passengers at Houston Airports Wait Over Four Hours at TSA During Government Shutdown Chaos As the sun rose over Houston on a seemingly ordinary morning, the usual hustle of travelers ushering into George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) suddenly became a profound test of patience, uncertainty and endurance. For many, what should have been a straightforward pre-flight routine transformed into an anxious ordeal. Long before their planes pushed back, passengers found themselves stalled in winding security lines, waiting for hours, unsure if they’d make their flights. The culprit, they say, wasn’t weather or mechanical failure — it was the creeping ripple
