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January 16, 2019

Government Shutdown Takes a Toll on Indian Country, Aviation Security
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Meanwhile, the shutdown continues to wreak havoc on the basic functions
of the U.S. government. Native American communities are reporting
shortages of medicine as the Indian Health Service goes understaffed,
while a federally funded food delivery program to Indian reservations
has halted. Immigration courts have seen 20,000 cases per week added to
an already record-high backlog. And the Transportation Security
Administration said a man with a loaded pistol passed through airport
security at Atlanta International Airport. TSA workers are being forced
to work without paychecks, and hundreds have been calling in sick as the
shutdown drags on.


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