New Orleans is having one of those months. The big picture: Airport delays, water infrastructure failures and a shrinking bank balance are testing the city all at once. Airport security ICE agents at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Monday.

The shutdown and its impact on American airline passengers comes with political risks

Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office faced off in court as part of an ongoing legal dispute over how much information the local jailer is required to provide federal immigration agencies about detainees in its custody.

As the DHS shutdown continues not only are passengers facing the risk of long lines through security, but also TSA workers are facing life without paychecks.

The Department of Homeland Security will tell Congress on Wednesday that a funding standoff that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to go without pay has ​caused delays at airports and is posing major security risks.

The deployments in New Orleans and other cities came as thousands of TSA agents have worked without pay since Congress failed to renew DHS funding last month. (AP Video by Stephen Smith)