Video Ad Feedback Trump says he will sign order instructing DHS to 'immediately pay' TSA agents President Donald Trump said that he is instructing the Department of Homeland Security to “immediately pay” Transportation Security Administration agents in a bid to reduce long lines at airports. His senior aides are still working to finalize how to pay the TSA workers on the verge of missing their second full paycheck and things could change, one person cautioned. The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act provided DHS with a $165 billion infusion, funneling $75 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and $64 billion to Customs and Border Protection. Paychecks for sworn law enforcement officers in ICE, CBP and the US Secret Service, as well as for US Coast Guard military personnel, are being funded by the president’s domestic policy package, according to a senior administration official. He suspects the administration will tap into this pot of money to fund TSA employees’ pay – even though TSA is not mentioned anywhere in the legislation.

Source: CNN March 26, 2026 19:31 UTC