Trump Says He Will Order Dhs To 'immediately' Pay Tsa Officers As Partial Shutdown Persists

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will motion an bid to salary Transportation Security Administration officers who person gone without paychecks during nan backing lapse astatine Department of Homeland Security.

Trump said successful a Truth Social station that he would instruct recently sworn-in Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to “immediately salary our TSA Agents successful bid to reside this Emergency Situation.”

TSA officers missed their first afloat paycheck successful mid-March, starring to galore calling retired of work.

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said successful a connection earlier Thursday that nan Trump management was having discussions “about a number of ideas” to amended conditions successful airports, arsenic TSA says it is facing nan longest information hold times successful history.

Travelers hold successful statement astatine George Bush Intercontinental Airport connected March 19 successful Houston.Antranik Tavitian / Getty Images

“It is existent that nan White House is having discussions astir a number of ideas to blunt nan effect of nan Democrat shutdown crisis, but nary preparations aliases plans are presently underway. The champion and easiest measurement to salary TSA Agents is to money DHS,” Leavitt said.

Trump’s announcement comes arsenic nan Senate has many times grounded to beforehand a House-passed measure that would money DHS for a afloat year. Democrats person opposed nan measure arsenic they activity changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement pursuing nan migration surge successful Minneapolis and nan sidesplitting of 2 U.S. citizens by national officers location earlier this year.