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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who have been working without wages during the ongoing partial government shutdown could get paid as soon as Monday, at the order of President Donald Trump, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to TIME.
DHS funding deal reached in Senate, funds TSA and most of Homeland Security, House weighs next steps
The Senate early Friday reached a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which includes funds for the Transportation Security Administration and most other agencies, but not the immigration operations at the heart of the budget impasse.
The announcement comes as the Senate has repeatedly failed to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Transportation Security Administration.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Sunday criticized President Trump over paying Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers amid the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. “I just want to continue to emphasize that we are seeing a colossal failure in presidential leadership.
Senators agreed by unanimous consent early Friday morning to a proposal that funds the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other critical agencies in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
White House border czar said TSA officers should get paid on Monday or Tuesday.
On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an order directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to start paying the agency’s workers once again. The White House indicated TSA workers would also receive the backpay owed to them since their paychecks stopped amid the ongoing DHS shutdown.
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In a statement Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said TSA workers "should begin seeing paychecks as early as Monday."
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Following Trump's order to pay roughly 61,000 TSA workers amid the shutdown, border czar Tom Homan said they can hopefully expect paychecks on Monday or Tuesday
Even when Transportation Security Administration workers get paid, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could still be present at U.S. airports.
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Even when Transportation Security Administration agents get paid, ICE agents may still be at airports, Border czar Tom Homan said Sunday.