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Midnight Train From Georgia: A View of America From the Tracks as Airports Struggle in the Shutdown
Budget stalemate caused unpaid airport security staff to call out, leading to long delays and pushing travelers to choose Amtrak trains for reliable, spacious travel with Wi-Fi.
- To reach Washington for the NCAA tournament, one traveler booked an overnight Amtrak train after facing hourslong security waits at Atlanta's airport caused by unpaid federal employees.
- Budget stalemates between Congress and Donald Trump over immigration have disrupted air travel nationwide. House Republican leaders rejected the Senate's bipartisan deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
- Unlike airports, Amtrak stations operate without standstill lines, Transportation Security Administration agents, or ICE agents as stand-ins. Passengers find coach seats as spacious as airline first-class with Wi-Fi access.
- Arriving in Washington, the traveler noted Union Station's Beaux Arts appeal while reflecting on how 19th-century infrastructure now serves 21st-century travelers during this political impasse.
- This shift highlights how political instability disrupts foundational American constants, a tension absent since the 1960 census when Delta chose Atlanta for its headquarters over larger Birmingham.
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Midnight train from Georgia: A view of America from the tracks as airports struggle in the shutdown
Long security lines at airports are driving people crazy as Congress and President Donald Trump try to work out a budget stalemate.
View of America from tracks as airports struggle in shutdown
here’s something melodic about watching the sun rise over a rural stillness broken only by the rhythms of steel wheels on tracks. Or so we tell ourselves. In this case, being aboard a train at all owed more to politics than poetry. Congress and Donald Trump were mired in their latest budget stalement, one rooted in the Republican president’s immigration crackdown and the tactics of federal forces he has sent to US cities. But this impasse has up…
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