NEW YORK (AP) — Transportation Security Administration officers could get their first full paychecks in more than six weeks as early as Monday…
A traveler walks past a display of thank-you notes for TSA agents at Los Angeles International Airport, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
TSA agents walk through a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Messages written for TSA agents are displayed on a board at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The House is considering whether to approve funds to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and most other Homeland Security agencies after the Senate unanimously passed the measure. The deal does not include funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but the package puts no new limits on immigration enforcement, which has remained largely uninterrupted during the shutdown. A possible endgame for the 42-day stalemate emerged early Friday as TSA workers may miss another paycheck. Prior to the Senate bill’s passage, President Donald Trump had said he would sign a separate order to pay the TSA agents immediately, but nothing has been signed yet.
Travelers stand in a TSA checkpoint line at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)
Travelers stand in a TSA checkpoint line at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)
The Senate early Friday approved Homeland Security funds for Transportation Security Administration and most other agencies, but not the immigration operations at the heart of the budget impasse. The deal, which was approved without a roll-call vote, goes next to the House, which is expected to consider it Friday. It's a potential endgame to the 42-day shutdown has jammed airports, disrupted travel and imposed financial hardship on workers. President Donald Trump said he will sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay TSA workers, but if the bill becomes law that won't be needed. Democrats have been demanding changes to rein in Trump’s immigration enforcement operations.
An ICE officer works at a TSA checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport in Imperial, Pa., on Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
A young passenger waits in line with his mother to be checked in with TSA at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
