Trump's week in review: ICE deployed to airports; Trump's signature to appear on US currency
1. Trump deploys ICE to airports amid ongoing government shutdown
In a message posted on Truth Social Sunday, Trump announced that, beginning Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would be deployed to U.S. airports to help ease long security lines. The delays were caused by Transportation Security Administration workers calling out of work during the lapse in federal funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the TSA. The agency has gone more than a month without funding, meaning TSA workers have been required to work without pay.
Funding for DHS lapsed after the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate failed to secure enough votes to pass the Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act.
On Friday, House Republicans rejected the latest proposal to end the shutdown, pushing back on the Senate-passed proposal to fund all of DHS except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol.
In a statement Friday, the DHS said that TSA agents could receive paychecks starting on Monday at the direction of Trump.
“TSA officers are now losing their homes and cars, struggling to put food on the table, and are experiencing all-around financial catastrophe because of this extended shutdown, the 3rd they’ve experienced in just 6 months,” a DHS spokesperson said in the statement. “Travelers are facing record breaking wait times stretching hours and hours long causing missed flights, unnecessary delays, and booking headaches.”
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
