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TSA Agents Are Struggling in the Government Shutdown

TSA Agents Are Struggling in the Government Shutdown

Published by Sam Flores

“The question I’m sure is on everyone’s mind, mine particularly, is: What is going on?” says Julie, a TSA agent in her early 20s. She speaks over the sound of a train in the background. She’s changed her commute to work so that she doesn’t have to pay for gas. “What is happening? Why do we have ICE agents [at the airport]?” She’s worked for the agency for almost three years now. It started out great, and she hopes to use the job as a way into a career with the government. But two shutdowns later, her once reliable employment feels wobbly. The last paycheck Julie received, for about $720, came on February 16. But she doesn’t have any plans to quit. “I do enjoy this job. I do enjoy the benefits that I’m getting,” she says. “I am financially stable with this pay, and the stability of the job market is not at its best.” It may be a public agency, but Julie is something approaching a company woman. “Management has told us time …

ICE agents deployed in US airports to ease security lines amid shutdown

ICE agents deployed in US airports to ease security lines amid shutdown

Published by Sam Flores

Agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, will be deployed to airports across the country on March 23 in an effort to ease long security lines. The move comes as the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security stretches into its second month, causing major disruptions for travellers due to a lack of security staff. Keywords for this article Source link

Budget standoff over immigration shuts down US Department of Homeland Security

Budget standoff over immigration shuts down US Department of Homeland Security

Published by Sam Flores

The Department of Homeland Security entered a partial shutdown Saturday as US lawmakers fight over funding the agency overseeing much of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Thousands of government workers, from airport security agents to disaster relief officials, will either be furloughed or forced to work without pay until funding is agreed upon by Congress. At the center of the budget dispute is the department’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), whose agents killed two US citizens amid sweeping raids and mass protests in Minneapolis. Democrats oppose any new funding for DHS until major changes are implemented over how ICE conducts its operations. In particular, they have demanded curtailed patrols, a ban on ICE agents wearing face masks during operations and the requirement that they obtain a judicial warrant to enter private property. Watch moreFacial recognition: ICE agents use app to scan US citizens and immigrants “Donald Trump and Republicans have decided that they have zero interest in getting ICE under control,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Friday. “Dramatic changes are needed,” Jeffries told a …

Government shutdown: Republicans mull escape hatch

Government shutdown: Republicans mull escape hatch

Published by Sam Flores

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is followed by reporters as he walks to the Senate Chambers in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 27, 2026. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Republican senators appear to be opening the door to preventing a partial government shutdown as the chamber prepares to start voting on a House-passed package to fully fund a group of federal agencies through the remaining fiscal year. The Senate is set to start voting on the funding bills Thursday morning. If the chamber doesn’t pass all of them, much of the federal government would shut down Saturday at 12:01 ET. The bills would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies, including the Treasury and Defense departments. While the package once looked certain to clear the Senate and avoid a shutdown, the killing of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents Saturday in Minneapolis derailed it. Democrats are demanding that the DHS portion of the bill be stripped from the package and weighed separately to make changes to how …