Why do ICE agents get paid during the partial government shutdown, but not TSA?
Both parties agreed to fund the rest of the government while they sought a Department of Homeland Security funding compromise.
With negotiations dragging, hundreds of TSA agents have quit during the partial shutdown and thousands of others have called out of work.
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act is paying ICE agents.
Trump's signature 2025 tax and spending law included about $75 billion for ICE over four years, including $45 billion for new immigration detention beds and $30 billion to hire 10,000 ICE employees, upgrade facilities and more.
WATCH: Long lines, frustrations grow at airports as DHS shutdown strains TSA staffing
TSA remains without funding. During government shutdowns, employees are not paid, including those deemed essential who are still required to report to work. About 95% of TSA's 60,000 employees are considered essential workers.
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Donald Trump ordered the Rs to not compromise and to NOT allow funding of the TSA.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-rejects-senate-proposal-to-reopen-dhs-without-ice-funding
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As it has been since Donald Trump has been elected, there is no separation of powers that the Constitution calls for. It's Donald Trump telling the majority R in Congress what to do.
That will change in November with the massive blue wave!