Trump Signs Order to Pay TSA Workers Amid Shutdown
“As the Democrat-caused shutdown of DHS continues well into its sixth week, America’s air travel system has reached its breaking point.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal officials to ensure Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees receive pay during the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, stepping in as negotiations in Congress remain stalled.
The action follows weeks of strain across airports, where TSA officers have continued working without pay. Many officers have been forced to make personal financial decisions while still reporting for duty, adding strain to an already stretched workforce. More than 60,000 employees were affected, with rising absenteeism and resignations putting additional pressure on screening operations and increasing wait times.
Trump framed the situation as urgent, pointing to both operational breakdowns and security concerns tied to the funding lapse.
“As the Democrat-caused shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues well into its sixth week, America’s air travel system has reached its breaking point. This is an unprecedented emergency situation.”
Under the directive, the administration instructed the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, to use available funds connected to TSA operations to cover employee compensation and benefits.
The White House said the move is meant to stabilize airport security and keep basic operations intact while lawmakers remain deadlocked over broader DHS funding. Officials cited growing delays at checkpoints and declining workforce reliability as immediate concerns.
Trump had previewed the move a day earlier, signaling he was prepared to act without Congress if a deal was not reached.
“Accordingly, I hereby direct the Secretary of Homeland Security… 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… shutdown.”
The order provides short-term relief for TSA workers, but it does not resolve the broader funding dispute, leaving other DHS components operating without full appropriations as negotiations continue.
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Trump is right to do this, of course, but the Democrats will try blaming him for the consequences of their actions.
Naturally.
One of Branco’s better efforts…
And it’s not as if they aren’t known for this deceit from day one:
When you speak of us Republicans, you do so only to denounce us as reptiles, or, at the best, as no better than outlaws. You will grant a hearing to pirates or murderers, but nothing like it to “Black Republicans.” … But you will not abide the election of a Republican president! In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, “Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!”
–ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Now transfer the Coast Guard to the War Dept as we did in WWII and pay them.
Waiting for a rogue federal judge to stop the payment in 4, 3 ,2…..
Presumably the argument to do so is based on the ‘harm’ of the President infringing on Congressional powers. First you need a plaintiff and the plaintiff needs standing. IMO where these conflicts between Executive branch and Legislative branch over usurping Congressional powers exist the only folks with ‘standing’ are the HoR and Senate…so when a majority of Congress chooses to agree to bring a legal action to preserve the Article 1 powers .of Congress they can do so.