The TSA’s Pre-check application process backlogged

The TSA's Pre-check program in the Tri-Cities and elsewhere has become hugely popular.

Ron Foraker with the Tri-Cities Airport says the pre-clearance program helps eliminate long lines at the security check point.

Delays grew this past spring with 16,000 applicants at day nationwide. Pasco's Pre-check program is being run through the Lourdes Center on Road 100 in Pasco.