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TSA Agents Set to Finally Get Their Paychecks Even as Partial Government Shutdown Continues
The executive order ends unpaid status for TSA agents amid a 44-day shutdown that caused over 25% absenteeism at Philadelphia International Airport, DHS reported.
- On Monday, Transportation Security Administration agents began receiving paychecks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday directing DHS to compensate employees for wages lost during the partial government shutdown.
- The partial government shutdown reached 44 days, the longest in U.S. history, straining TSA staff financially and prompting more than 500 agents to quit while thousands called out sick nationwide.
- White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed ICE agents will remain at airports assisting with security operations, while CNN reported that TSA wait times have eased compared to previous weeks.
- Despite incoming paychecks, Lead TSA Officer Joseph Cerletti warned the money "may not be everything they need to get back to even ground" due to accumulated debts from six weeks without pay.
- Congress remains on a two-week Easter recess, leaving the partial government shutdown unresolved until lawmakers return in mid-April, prolonging uncertainty for TSA operations and federal funding.
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Donald Trump instructed the Ministry of Homeland Security to release funds and pay the TSA agents.
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DHS funding in limbo but TSA agents to be paid
What happenedWhite House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that TSA agents may receive overdue paychecks this week, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to redirect other Department of Homeland Security funds to pay airport security workers. House Republicans the same day rejected a bipartisan Senate bill to fund DHS except for the agencies responsible for Trump’s mass deportation push, then approved their own stopgap…
·Washington, United States
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