Transportation safety officers are set to be paid on Monday, but Tom Homan, the White House’s border czar, said ICE agents may stay where there are shortages.
Tom Homan, the White House’s “border czar,” claimed the immigration agents have helped reduce wait times at airports.
Border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would remain at airports until TSA officers are able to resume normal operations.“We’re going to continue an ICE presence there, and until the airports feel like they’re in 100%, you know, in a posture where they can do normal operations,” Homan said in an interview on CBS…
Congress has yet to approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shut down for over 40 days.
Even when Transportation Security Administration workers get paid, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could still be present at U.S. airports.
After going more than five weeks without pay, most officers received two full retroactive paychecks on Monday.
Another, named Lancet, singled out the Democrats, who have demanded reinstating funding for the Department of Homeland Security contingent on broad reforms to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.
