A Shutdown Won't Affect Airport, Border Security
If Congress fails to come up with a spending bill to keep the federal government operating next week, and a shutdown occurs, the TSA airport screeners will keep working. Also reporting to work will be the people who secure the nation's borders.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/25/134048240/TSA-Update?ft=1&f=1014
Bakari Sellers Kyrsten Sinema Brendan Steinhauser Jake Sullivan