On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) reacted to President Donald Trump ordering that TSA agents be paid by saying that if the President “has now understood that he needs to pay TSA out of ICE’s
The White House said Monday that President Donald Trump is urging lawmakers to come back from their paid recess and work on funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Tyler Perry reportedly showed up at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport with a “significant” amount of cash that he had planned to give to TSA workers — but got turned down.
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents as checkpoint lines at airports have spiked amid the Democrats’ shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
Democrat Rep. Veronica Escobar said the Trump administration deployed ICE agents to airports for “absolutely no reason.”
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent saved a baby’s life at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday.
On Thursday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Gabe Amo (D-RI) argued that the White House is “choosing chaos again by refusing to make a deal with Democrats that gets these TSA workers paid. That’s a question of priorities.”
President Trump announced on Thursday that he will sign an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) said that he wants to see TSA privatized like it already is at some airports. While discussing the DHS shutdown, McCormick said that Democrats are trying to “defund law
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said Democrats have “never” had leverage in the DHS shutdown and “we knew going into it that shutdown of DHS would have zero impact on forcing any kinds of changes at
GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT, Texas — Passengers at Houston’s largest airport felt an immediate and positive impact as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrived to work alongside unpaid TSA agents. Screening lines that stretched to about four hours, according to airport officials, were reduced to about an hour when the ICE officers’ shift began.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) discussed legislation on the DHS shutdown with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) that includes some changes to ICE and said that “the leverage that exists right now is just that
Democrats are demanding reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including a ban on ICE agents wearing masks during raids, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said this week, adding background to Americans dealing with travel nightmares at airports nationwide as the partial government shutdown marches on.
The House Homeland Security Committee holds a hearing on the dangers presented by the Democrats defunding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday, March 25.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) defended Democrats rejecting an off-ramp on the DHS shutdown and said that Democrats think Republicans “understand that they’re getting blamed for those long lines, and they’re also getting
Many travelers are grateful for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers assisting the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as Congress fails to reach an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) worker call-outs exceeded 3,200 nationwide on Monday, resulting in travelers facing hours-long lines as Congress fails to reach an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ending the partial government shutdown.
Lines are shortening in airports such as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, one day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrived to more than a dozen airports to assist the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) amid the partial government shutdown.
Delta Air Lines has suspended its flight assistance service designated specifically for members of Congress as airports face growing security lines amid the Democrat-induced partial government shutdown.
On Monday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins said that the airport lines “are actually making it more difficult to reach a solution” to the DHS shutdown and stated that Democrats see polls showing more people blame Republicans for problems at airports than blame Democrats, even though, “Usually, the party that starts the shutdown, in this case, Democrats sparked it, gets the blame.” While President Donald Trump views sending ICE agents to airports as the answer.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said that he fears the DHS shutdown “is doing irreparable harm” to the TSA and “The object of the fight that Democrats are putting up resistance over, CBP
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wait time at one Houston airport terminal reached four hours on Monday.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), representing 820,000 federal workers, is raging over Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents assisting the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) with airport operations as the partial government shutdown continues.
Roughly 3,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents did not show up for work on Saturday alone amid the partial government shutdown.
President Donald Trump said that while Democrat lawmakers want to make a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), he feels there should be no deal made “until they approve” the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) argued that the TSA should have been set up to be privately contracted so that there would not be disruptions like the current one that
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) said that the DHS shutdown could end and TSA can be funded, “All that needs to be done is for the Republicans and the President to simply say, you
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) claimed Republicans are focused on trying to “rig the election” instead of opening DHS. Host Kaitlan Collins asked, “If this war in the Middle East, with Iran, and what
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) stated that people who work for the TSA should be given their paychecks and responded to arguments from Republicans that people with Border Patrol should get paychecks along with
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” CNN Senior Commentator Van Jones said that “Democrats have to stick to their guns” on the DHS shutdown “because, as inconvenient as it is in an airport, it’s a lot more inconvenient to have
The Democrats’ shutdown of DHS is entering its fourth week, snarling America’s airports and forcing TSA officers to work without pay.
Republicans are putting pressure on Democrat lawmakers over the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, which is creating long lines at airports for spring break travelers.
On Thursday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) argued that there is a DHS shutdown “because this administration is insisting on a false choice to the American public.” And said that Democrats are “not going to
Officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are suspending two travel programs beginning Sunday amid a partial government shutdown that is being blamed on Democrats.
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) responded to a question on the DHS shutdown not impacting ICE due to it having so much money, while impacting FEMA by saying that after “the senseless killing of American citizens
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart said that “ICE is fully funded for at least the next five to six years. So, we’re talking about other agencies, TSA and others, that will be hit by this shutdown.”
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) responded to a question on the expiration of DHS funds harming TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard while ICE would still have lots of money by stating that “we’re
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) responded to a question on ensuring that TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard get funding even if there is a DHS shutdown by stating that “What I
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) responded to a question on TSA and FEMA being harmed by a DHS shutdown by stating, “$170 billion to Department of Homeland, 70 to ICE. They have more money
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) responded to a question on a DHS shutdown hurting the Coast Guard, FEMA, and the TSA instead of ICE and CBP by saying Republicans are “going to
