Due to DHS Cuts, Spring break Travel May Be Chaos

Travelers kicked off spring break this weekend facing “monstrous” security lines at some airports due to the partial government shutdown. Gas prices and airfare are increasing as the cost of oil spikes more than a week into war with Iran. Thousands of flights to and from the Middle East have been canceled.

"Travelers just cannot catch a break," said Kyle Potter, executive editor of the travel site Thrifty Traveler. “Everything that can go wrong will go wrong right now."

Recent disruptions followed violence in the Mexican beach town Puerto Vallarta last month after the killing of a drug cartel leader and restrictions on flying in the Caribbean after the U.S. struck Venezuela in January.

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