President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA agents.
Trump wrote on Truth Social:
The Radical Left Democrats, and their “Leader,” Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, have made it very clear where they stand, and that is, ON THE SIDE OF CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, AND NOT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. They are refusing to fund Immigration Enforcement unless the Republicans agree to their Open Border Policies, which will never, ever happen again. They almost destroyed our Country, allowing 25 Million People to enter from Prisons, Mental Institutions, and Insane Asylums, those that are Drug Dealers, and thousands of Murderers, many of whom killed more than one person. Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our Great Country, as I always will do! Therefore, I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports. It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it! I want to thank our hardworking TSA Agents and also, ICE, for the incredible help they have given us at the Airports. I will not allow the Radical Left Democrats to hold our Country hostage any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins said that Trump could find ways to pay the TSA agents: “I’m not going to go into the details, other than to say that there is funding that can be used perfectly legally to pay TSA, to pay the rest of the coast guard, for example.”
The Democrats have refused to do anything to end the partial DHS shutdown, even after the Republicans mostly caved to them.
In fact, the Democrats blocked DHS funding moments after Trump’s announcement:
The motion to advance the bill failed by a vote of 53 to 47. It needed 60 votes to advance. Centrist Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was the only Democrat to vote “yes.” It marked the seventh time since DHS funding lapsed on Feb. 14 that Democrats voted against the measure.Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) kept the vote open for hours to give Republican and Democratic negotiators time to hammer out the details of a deal to split off funding for Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE) emergency removals operation from appropriations for the rest of DHS.
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