US EditionDHS Orders Payment of 50,000 US Airport Workers in Emergency Action
President Trump directed the Department of Homeland Security to pay about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration agents after a month without wages during the partial shutdown.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an emergency memorandum instructing Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to shift funds toward Transportation Security Administration agents who have worked without pay since February.
- A partisan dispute in Congress triggered the shutdown, with Democrats refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security without new guardrails for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
- Staffing shortages have caused absences to spike above 10%, with 3,120 agents missing work on Wednesday, while about 50,000 TSA personnel worked without pay for over a month.
- Salaries for TSA agents are expected to reach bank accounts as early as Monday, though the American Federation of Government Employees urged Congress to finalize broader funding.
- Despite this action, legislative negotiations remain stalled as Senate Republicans and Democrats continue debating how to fund Homeland Security while keeping some immigration enforcement operations temporarily on hold.
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DHS takes emergency action to pay 50,000 US airport workers unpaid since mid-February
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Travelers going wheels-up next week could see Transportation Security Administration lines much shorter than they’ve been in recent weeks. President Donald Trump signed an emergency memorandum on Friday directing newly confirmed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to shift funds toward TSA agents who have gone unpaid since February. The order also instructs agents to be paid wages for the weeks they’ve worked since the sh…
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President Trump announced on Thursday that he will sign an executive order to pay TSA officers during the ongoing shutdown impacting the Department of Homeland Security. On his Truth Social platform, he said his order will instruct the Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin to pay the TSA agents in what he calls an emergency situation. A senior administration official said the money provided by President Trump’s Reconciliation Act, also…
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