TSA Agents May Not Be Getting Paid, but the Agency Is Still Making Money Thanks to Passenger Fees

TSA agents may not be getting paid, but the agency is still making money thanks to passenger fees

As TSA agents continue to work without pay, passengers are still funding the agency through fees included with every ticket. Here's what to know. (AP)

Why are ICE agents still being paid during the shutdown while TSA workers aren’t?

President Donald Trump sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to some U.S. airports starting March 23 in an attempt to alleviate hours-long security wait times amid a partial government shutdown. […] The post Why are ICE agents still being paid during the shutdown while TSA workers aren’t? appeared first on Poynter.

Letter: Why don’t we just pay TSA with ICE money?

So, if President Trump is threatening to send ICE to the airports (because of the government shutdown, which is caused by ICE and their behavior), to cover for TSA not being paid; why aren’t we using their (ICE) pay to cover TSA wages? Somehow, we need to separate TSA from ICE, so that we can pay the dutiful TSA agents, while restricting ICE behavior through budget cuts! Afterall, Gestapo is Gestapo (with regard to tactics)!

SHUTDOWN PROPAGANDA: ABC Shamelessly Tries to Pit TSA Against ICE

SHUTDOWN PROPAGANDA: ABC Shamelessly Tries to Pit TSA Against ICE The DHS shutdown grinds on, with passengers standing interminable lines and missing flights as TSA agents go over a month without being paid. ABC News, in a weird report that serves little purpose, saw this as an opportunity to try to drive an internal wedge at DHS by questioning whether the fairness of ICE agents getting paid as they assist TSA agents who are not. Watch as ABC c…

Why do ICE agents get paid during the partial government shutdown, but not TSA?

With negotiations dragging, hundreds of TSA agents have quit during the partial shutdown and thousands of others have called out of work.

Why ICE agents are being paid, while TSA is not

ABC 10News is talking to political experts about why certain departments of the Department of Homeland Security are being paid, while others are not. The answer lies in recent legislation.