Some Airport Security Lanes to Shut as Shutdown Squeezes TSA
- Miami airport plans to shutter one concourse over the weekend
- Air-traffic controllers filed suit over working without pay
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The Transportation Security Administration plans to begin closing a handful of security checkpoints at airports around the U.S. as soon as this weekend in response to staff shortages as impacts of the three-week partial federal government shutdown begin to expand.
Miami International Airport expects to shut one of its concourses for several days starting Saturday afternoon and will move flights to other gates, according to a statement by the airport.