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As many as 800,000 federal workers are currently facing a second missed paycheck because of the partial U.S. government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history. President Trump and Congressional Democrats are still at stalemate over billions of dollars in funding for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, a key campaign promise.

“The president has been briefed and we are monitoring the ongoing delays at some airports. We are in regular contact with officials at the Department of Transportation and the FAA,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters.

Sara Nelson, president of the flight attendants' union, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, released a statement supporting the ATCs.

\"The aviation system depends on the safety professionals who make it run. They have been doing unbelievably heroic work even as they are betrayed by the government that employs them. They are fatigued, worried, and distracted - but they won't risk our safety. So the planes will stay on the ground,\" Nelson said in the statement.

\"This is anything but a sick out - it is only about our safety and the air traffic controllers' absolute commitment to it,\" Nelson added.

The Transportation Security Administration, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has had increased absences from workers, who have called in sick or said they cannot afford to commute to their jobs given the lack of pay.

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Courtesy Marisa Rizutti
PHOTO: A screen grab from a traveler's smartphone airline app shows a two-hour delay for the departure of their flight from LaGuardia Airport to Detroit on Jan. 25, 2019.
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Marisa Rizzuti was one of the fliers affected by the delays. The UNICEF fundraiser told ABC News her airline, Delta, did not tell passengers why the flights were delayed at LaGuardia Airport, although she got a text at 5 a.m. ET saying the flight would take off at 9:45 a.m. instead of 9 a.m. as originally scheduled.

Then the flight was delayed again until 11 a.m. ET.

\"They did not give a reason at all,\" Rizzuti said.

She said she was watching the news on TV at the airport, and \"that's how we found out.\"

She was heading from New York to Detroit to watch the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

\"It's a good thing my tickets aren't until 6 p.m.,\" Rizzuti said.

ABC News' Lindsey Jacobson and David Kerley contributed to this report.

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