Breaking News: TSA Pay Resumption Timeline Unveiled After Trump’s Executive Order

WASHINGTON — Relief may be on the horizon for TSA airport screeners, as President Trump has signed an executive order potentially allowing payments as early as Monday, according to border czar Tom Homan.

These workers, who typically earn around $49,000 annually, have faced financial strain for 43 days due to a Democrat-led partial government shutdown that halted their full paychecks.

“There’s a strategy in place to ensure TSA personnel get compensated, possibly by tomorrow or Tuesday,” Homan shared on CNN’s “State of the Union” this Sunday.

“This is encouraging news, as these TSA officers are in dire straits. They are unable to afford basic necessities or cover their rent,” he remarked. “Meanwhile, they continue to work diligently without pay, while members of Congress enjoy vacations and secure paychecks. It’s utterly nonsensical.”

In a move to address this, President Trump invoked emergency powers on Friday to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to reallocate funds to cover the salaries of TSA employees.

The last time TSA workers received a complete paycheck was on February 14, followed by a partial pay on February 28, and have since missed full payments on March 13 and 27.

Trump’s executive action came shortly after talks broke down in Congress to fund DHS. The Senate unanimously passed a bill to fund all of DHS except parts of Customs and Border Protection as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The idea was that Senate Republicans could use the reconciliation process, which bypasses the 60-vote filibuster, to fund ICE and CBP without Democratic support.

But House Republicans rejected that idea, arguing there’s too much uncertainty about reconciliation and that many disagreed with some of the text in the Senate bill.

Instead, they’ve pushed for a 60-day stopgap measure to fund all of DHS while talks with Democrats over their demands for reforms to ICE play out.

Ultimately, the Senate had adjourned for a two-week recess, leaving DHS funding in limbo.