TSA warns of 'longstanding' shutdown fallout even after funding clears, and a major event could make it worse

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FIRST ON FOX: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) leadership said airports and the agency will suffer from "longstanding" negative impacts as a result of the current partial government shutdown , even after a spending bill is passed. TSA Deputy Administrator Adam Stahl sat down with Fox News Digital to detail how the agency will recover from what has been weeks of forgone pay for TSA officers, leading to what TSA says are the highest security wait times in the history of the agency. "I can tell you right now that the reverberations that will be felt from this will be longstanding. They will continue for days after we get a re-appropriation and funding, particularly for the department for TSA," Stahl told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. "We are already taking proactive measures to make sure that we're going to get our people paid as quickly as possible." The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains unfunded after more than 40 days, leaving TSA screeners and agents missing a full month’s pay. Call-outs have increased to dramatic levels, and DHS says more than 480 people have outright quit the TSA workforce. SCHUMER GAMBIT FAILS AS DHS SHUTDOWN HITS 36 DAYS AND AIRPORT LINES GROW Even after Congress funds the agency, Stahl says it is "going to take time to pay" agents who have been working without pay. "There are systems in place, financial systems that are outside of a department that we rely on to again, dispense and disperse funds, salaries to our folks, but it will take some time," Stahl explained. "But we're working as quickly as possible with our partners to make sure once we get that money, we'll hit the ground running and get that into our people's pockets as quickly as possible." TSA’s deputy administrator also expressed concerns about the workforce’s return to airports following a potential funding package, noting the World Cup taking place in the U.S. this year will create an additional strain on air travel security. JOHNSON TURNS UP HEAT ON SC…