Trump Signs Executive Order To Pay TSA Agents
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“That man for congress,” one social media user said in response to the clip.
Congress’ debate over Department of Homeland Security funding is now likely to extend for at least several more days.
President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents during the shutdown.
President Donald Trump’s move to pay airport security agents directly eased the sharpest pain point for lawmakers fighting over immigration enforcement, effectively killing momentum in Congress toward a funding deal.
The community is stepping up to help the nearly 150 TSA employees at Fresno-Yosemite International who are working without a paycheck.
House Republicans are pushing back on a Senate-approved proposal to fund the Department of Homeland Security and get TSA workers paid.
But travel experts and labor leaders said the mammoth security lines at some U.S. airports would not disappear overnight and could linger into next week or longer while TSA workers wait for their back pay, airports assess their staffing and Congress remains at odds over funding the Department of Homeland Security.
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TSA workers, unpaid for a month, turn to food banks, family and friends: ‘It’s demoralizing’
They took on extra jobs, hit the food banks, begged their families for money, and even sold their blood to pay their bills