“Most TSA employees received a retroactive paycheck today that included at least two full paychecks,” said Lauren Bis, the acting assistant secretary of public affairs at the DHS. “TSA officers are grateful to President Trump and Secretary [Markwayne] Mullin for their leadership to put money back into the pockets of TSA employees who worked without pay during the ongoing Democrat DHS shutdown. Working without pay forced more than 500 officers to leave TSA and thousands were forced to call out,” she said. Trump signed an executive order last week to pay TSA officers, just days after deploying agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to airports in what he described as an effort to shorten security lines. The origin of the money for TSA employees’ paychecks is unclear.

Source: The Guardian March 30, 2026 22:24 UTC