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DHS Funding Standoff Now the Longest Partial Shutdown Ever

Partisan standoff over immigration funding leaves DHS shuttered for weeks

(Newser) - The fight over immigration policy just produced a new kind of record in Washington, and not the bragging kind. The Department of Homeland Security's funding lapse hit day 44 on Sunday, making it the longest partial government shutdown the US has seen, NBC News reports. It broke the previous...

ICE Could Remain at Airports, Homan Says

It depends on TSA staffing levels, border czar suggests

(Newser) - White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday it is unclear whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will remain at airports once Transportation Security Administration workers receive back pay. Appearing on CNN's State of the Union, Homan said ICE's airport presence will depend on how many TSA officers...

House Republicans Reject Deal to Fund DHS
House Republicans Reject
Deal to Fund DHS
UPDATED
Mar 27, 2026 2:09 PM CDT

House Republicans Reject Deal to Fund DHS

Conservatives angry that Senate package doesn't include money for immigration enforcement

(Newser) - A late-night Senate deal to get most of the Department of Homeland Security back up and running has run into a wall in the House. Speaker Mike Johnson called the Senate bill a "joke" on Friday afternoon and said the House would vote as soon as possible on a...

Senate Approves Funds for Homeland Security, Minus ICE

Deal is 'exactly what we wanted,' Schumer says

(Newser) - The Senate early Friday morning approved Homeland Security funds to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and most other agencies, but not the immigration enforcement operations at the heart of the budget impasse that has jammed airports, disrupted travel, and imposed financial hardship on workers. The deal, which the Senate approved...

Trump Tells Mullin to Pay TSA Agents

President calls situation an emergency, but White House releases no details on his plan

(Newser) - President Trump said Thursday he'll bypass Congress to get paychecks to airport security workers as a standoff over immigration policy keeps the Department of Homeland Security unfunded. Trump announced on Truth Social that he will sign an order directing Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to "immediately" pay Transportation...

ICE Agents Now Checking IDs at Airports

Immigration officers expand duties to ease TSA crunch

(Newser) - ICE officers are now checking IDs alongside TSA at the nation's airports, part of a push to try to ease long lines amid the partial government shutdown, reports the Hill . Acting TSA chief Ha Nguyen McNeill told lawmakers on Wednesday that ICE officers have trained for several days in...

Musk Offers to Cover TSA Pay During DHS Standoff
Musk's Offer to Pay
TSA Agents Turned Down
UPDATED
Mar 25, 2026 6:20 PM CDT

Musk's Offer to Pay TSA Agents Turned Down

White House says it would 'pose great legal challenges' due to his federal contracts

(Newser) - The White House says it appreciates the world's richest man's offer to cover paychecks for TSA workers during the partial government shutdown, but there are legal obstacles in the way. "We greatly appreciate Elon's generous offer. This would pose great legal challenges due to his involvement...

TSA Boss Warns That Some Airports Might Have to Close

She says agents are facing severe hardships as funding impasse drags on

(Newser) - The Transportation Security Administration may have to shut down operations at some airports as travelers are experiencing record waiting times, the agency's acting head said Wednesday, as the latest offer to end a funding impasse met fierce resistance in Congress. The TSA's Ha Nguyen McNeill described the mounting...

ICE Agents Sent to 14 Airports
ICE Agents Sent to 14 Airports
Mar 23, 2026 4:55 PM CDT

ICE Agents Sent to 14 Airports

They're there to assist TSA, though they don't have the training for most tasks

(Newser) - Air travelers stuck in epic security lines are now seeing a different kind of badge at the checkpoint. As a partial government shutdown drains airport security staffing, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been dispatched to 14 major US airports to back up the Transportation Security Administration, according to White...

Trump Sending ICE Agents to Airports to Help TSA

He says they will arrive Monday amid the partial government shutdown

(Newser) - ICE is headed to US airports. President Trump said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will start helping Transportation Security Administration staff at airports on Monday as TSA struggles with staffing during the ongoing partial government shutdown and a spike in spring break traffic, reports USA Today . The move...

Trump Threatens to Use ICE for Airport Security

Posts pressure Democrats in funding clash over DHS

(Newser) - President Trump threatened Saturday to send immigration agents to work airport security checkpoints as soon as Monday if congressional Democrats do not accept a Republican funding plan for the Department of Homeland Security. In posts on Truth Social, Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers would conduct security "like...

At One Airport, 40% of TSA Agents Called Out

It's fueling long security lines, portending possible airport closures amid government shutdown

(Newser) - Travelers at several major US airports are facing a new kind of turbulence: The screeners aren't showing up. More than 40% of Transportation Security Administration officers at Houston's William P. Hobby Airport skipped work on Tuesday, with similarly high no-show rates in New Orleans (about 36%) and Atlanta...

Man Without ID Allegedly Assaulted TSA, Police at Dallas Airport

California suspect accused of injuring officer's eye after ID dispute at checkpoint

(Newser) - A dispute over missing ID at a Dallas airport security checkpoint has landed a California man in federal custody, the Dallas News reports. Prosecutors say 33-year-old Idress Vinay Solomon of Oakland was trying to board a Southwest flight from Dallas Love Field to Oakland Tuesday when he showed up at...

TSA Workers Miss First Full Paycheck as Shutdown Drags

Missed wages deepen staff shortages, trigger more airport security delays

(Newser) - TSA workers are about to be out a full pay period's compensation, and the political fight behind it shows no sign of breaking. On Friday, airport screeners will miss their first complete paycheck of the latest Homeland Security shutdown, even as they're required to keep manning checkpoints, the...

Good News for Those With Global Entry
Good News for Those
With Global Entry
Mar 11, 2026 12:05 PM CDT

Good News for Those With Global Entry

Reactivation lets vetted travelers use expedited screening despite DHS shutdown

(Newser) - Travelers enrolled in Global Entry can exhale again. The Trump administration switched the trusted-traveler program back on at 5am Eastern on Wednesday, after halting it in February due to the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which is ongoing. The AP notes DHS officials initially said the program...

Going on Spring Break? Prep for an Airport Wait

War, fuel prices, and TSA staffing issues spur hourslong lines, canceled flights, higher costs

(Newser) - Spring breakers hoping for a smooth escape to warmer climes are instead walking into a travel thicket of long lines, higher prices, and shifting flight maps. A partial government shutdown is leaving TSA officers unpaid and resulting in some checkpoints being badly understaffed, producing hourslong waits at airports nationwide, reports...

DHS Shutdown Blamed for Hourslong TSA Waits

Airports in Houston, New Orleans affected

(Newser) - Travelers complained of long waits Sunday—lasting hours in some cases—at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans, which officials blamed on a government shutdown of the US Department of Homeland Security, the AP reports. The estimated wait time at the standard security checkpoint at the William...

DHS Halts TSA PreCheck, Global Entry for Shutdown
TSA Reverses on Precheck Halt
updated
Feb 22, 2026 10:40 AM CST

TSA Reverses on Precheck Halt

Noem had announced the program was suspended because of the government shutdown

(Newser) - Hours after the TSA PreCheck was supposed to be halted, the agency announced that the airport program will remain in operation. With the Department of Homeland Security unfunded and partially shut down, the agency had announced that it was stopping new enrollments and renewals for TSA PreCheck and Global Entry...

This Shutdown Isn't Like the Last, but Expect Delays

Air traffic controllers are getting paid, but TSA agents aren't, meaning possible airport holdups

(Newser) - A shutdown of the US Department of Homeland Security that took effect early Saturday impacts the agency responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports across the country. Travelers with airline reservations may be nervously recalling a 43-day government shutdown that led to historic flight cancellations and long delays last...

TSA Provides Passenger Lists to Accelerate Deportations

Information had been used only for security screening, not for enforcement

(Newser) - Immigration officers have gained a powerful new tool at US airports: full access to lists of upcoming airline passengers. Under a program that began in March but had not been disclosed, the Transportation Security Administration regularly sends Immigration and Customs Enforcement the names of travelers who are scheduled to fly,...

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