The ongoing government shutdown has caused a shortage of TSA agents, leading to longer security wait times at airports, but enrolling in programs like TSA PreCheck and CLEAR+ could cut your wait time.

Travelers hoping to bypass some of the increasingly long wait times at U.S. airports can enroll in the TSA PreCheck Touchless ID program, which is now operating at 65 locations.

If you’re thinking of getting TSA pre-check to deal with massive spring break crowds at airports, it may be too late.

TSA PreCheck offers faster screening at airports nationwide, including Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. How it works and how to enroll.

"TSA PreCheck will likely help you, even now with the long lines we're seeing at checkpoints," said one travel expert.

Spring break travel across much of the country has increased congestion at airports already experiencing long security lines.

Newark, JFK and LaGuardia airport lines are getting worse. Here's how travelers are skipping the long TSA wait times, and how you can too.

At Bush Airport in Houston, TSA PreCheck closed at 10:30 a.m. on Monday.