TSA agents could start receiving paychecks as soon as Monday, DHS said.
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As Republicans and Democrats remain in a stalemate, President Trump ordered federal officials to fund Transportation Security Administration workers, sidestepping a gridlocked Congress after the latest deal to fund the broader Department of Homeland Security went nowhere on Friday.
Trump gave the order after House Republican leaders spurned a Senate-passed bill that they said would not fund most of DHS, including the TSA. An impasse in Congress over immigration enforcement and funding has led to missed paychecks for airport-security workers and long lines for travelers.
“I hereby direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to use funds that have a reasonable and logical nexus to TSA operations to provide TSA employees with the compensation and benefits that would have accrued to them if not for the Democrat-led DHS shutdown,” the memorandum stated.
This means TSA officers could see their paychecks as early as March 30, DHS wrote in a statement Friday, according to The Epoch Times. The Epoch Times contacted the Office of Management and Budget, which is handling the payments, for additional information.
House Speaker Johnson said the government "will reduce the lines and the waits at the airlines" after President Trump announced on his social media platform that he will sign an executive order instructing new DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA workers. https://t.co/qdtO6GekZq pic.twitter.com/CH7TzZ8WC5
— ABC News (@ABC) March 27, 2026
Trump said “America’s air travel system has reached its breaking point” as the shutdown is now in its sixth week.
“This is an unprecedented emergency situation. Currently, more than 60,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees, including approximately 50,000 transportation security officers who perform security functions at domestic airports, are not being paid due to congressional Democrats’ reckless decision to prioritize criminal illegal aliens over American citizens and shut down DHS until their demand to prohibit enforcement of Federal immigration law is met,” Trump stated.
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