Trump Signs Order to Pay TSA Agents During Shutdown

TSA agents could start receiving paychecks as soon as Monday, DHS said.
Trump Signs Order to Pay TSA Agents During Shutdown
People wait in long security lines at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York City on March 25, 2026. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump on March 27 signed an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who have not received a check since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered a partial shutdown in mid-February.

“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.

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