President Donald Trump announced March 26 that he aims to bring the chaos at the nation’s airports to an end by signing an executive order to ensure TSA agents get paid.
“I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports,” the president said in a statement Thursday evening. “It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it! I want to thank our hardworking TSA Agents and also, ICE, for the incredible help they have given us at the Airports.”
TSA Workers Have Been Going Without Pay
The president’s announcement comes as a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security has pushed the federal airport security workers to the brink. Many have worked without pay. Many have quit. The result of the shutdown has seen widespread chaos at some of the country’s biggest international hubs for flying.
It’s unclear when exactly Trump will sign the order or how long it will take for workers to get paid as a result of the president’s intervention.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: ‘I am going to do it’: Trump says he will pay TSA workers
Reporting by Michael Loria, USA TODAY / USA TODAY
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