DENVER — Denver International Airport (DIA) is asking for gift card donations to support the Transportation Security Administration employees working without pay during the partial federal government shutdown.

Specific gift card donations up to a certain amount are allowable during the partial government shutdown, a Denver Airport spokesperson tells PEOPLE

Denver International Airport is seeking gift card donations to help federal employees who will miss their first paycheck this week.

A budgeting stalemate has TSA employees working without pay.

The Denver International Airport has taken to X to ask the public to fork over gift cards to TSA workers amidst the federal government shutdown.

Denver International Airport is asking travelers to donate grocery and gas gift cards to help unpaid TSA workers during the government shutdown in an effort to ‘ease the burden’ as Congress faces pressure to act.

Denver International Airport posted an appeal on X asking the public to bring gift cards for TSA workers. The airport security staff are not getting paid as the federal government shutdown stretches into another week. However, many TSA agents continued ...

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