The Department of Homeland Security says airport security workers, who have gone weeks without pay, could see paychecks as early as Monday.
White House border czar Tom Homan expressed uncertainty Sunday at whether federal immigration officers will leave airports once Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees receive their delayed paychecks. “We’ll see. It depends [on] how many TSA agents come back to work, how many TSA agents have actually quit and have no plans [on] coming back to…
Union boss says workers have received some, but not all, of their paySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Security lines have eased at airports, clearing the worst of the bottlenecks as Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) officers began receiving backpay for…
Travel chaos across the country is lingering with no relief from the partial government shutdown. Members of Congress have left Washington for their spring recess without a legislative solution that would have funded most of the Department of Homeland Security. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin has the latest.
TSA staffing shortages remain far more severe than the national average, although wait times seemed to be stabilizing Monday.
