Trump Says He Will Order T.S.A. Agents Paid as Funding Deal Stalls
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- President Trump announced he would sign an emergency order to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who have been unpaid for weeks amid a partial government shutdown affecting homeland security funding.
- The administration plans to use funds allocated to the Department of Homeland Security last year under Trump’s tax cut and domestic policy law, though no executive order is legally required to access these funds.
- Approximately 50,000 TSA personnel have been working without pay for over a month, leading to long delays at airport security checkpoints and a decline in workforce attendance.
- Lawmakers have been deadlocked over funding the Department of Homeland Security, with Republicans blaming Democrats for the impasse and Democrats demanding restrictions on immigration enforcement as a condition for funding.
- The dispute stems from broader conflicts over immigration policies following recent incidents involving federal immigration agents, causing a prolonged shutdown and funding stalemate.
