Deputy TSA Administrator Stahl said agents are selling blood plasma and sleeping in cars as the 38-day shutdown left 50,000 workers without pay.
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Senate Republicans move to reopen DHS with new plan, wait for Democratic buy-in
A new Senate Republican framework would fund most of DHS but leave ICE enforcement unfunded, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, DpN.Y., says Democrats need to review the proposal.
Travel Headaches Take On Political Weight — With A Critical Vote In Focus
Long lines and delays at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have become a flashpoint in the competitive United States Senate race in Georgia. Sen. Jon Ossoff Read More
PBS’s Desjardins: Dems Emboldened by GOP Getting Blame for DHS Shutdown They Started
On Monday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins said that the airport lines “are actually making it more difficult to reach a solution” to the DHS shutdown and stated that Democrats see polls showing more people blame Republicans for problems at airports than blame Democrats, even though, “Usually, the party that starts the shutdown, in this case, Democrats sparked it, gets the blame.” While President Donald Trump views sending ICE agents to airports as the answer.
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Delta takes key perk away from members of Congress until they end DHS shutdown
Delta Air Lines has temporarily yanked its special congressional desk service to lawmakers and staffers on Capitol Hill until Congress finally funds the DHS, which Read More
Lawmakers’ airport perks in crosshairs as DHS shutdown snarls travelers, TSA
Rep. Ashley Hinson unveiled a new bill to strip lawmakers of airport perks during the shutdown as TSA agents miss paychecks and travelers face hours-long waits.
Ignored ICE detainers ‘put lives at risk,’ DHS says, targeting Newsom, Pritzker, Healey
As congressional Democrats continue to vote to defund DHS, the agency is calling out the “dangerous derangement” of sanctuary state leaders “putting American lives at risk.”
Mullin confirmed as DHS chief as lawmakers near solution on shutdown standoff
Even with a new DHS chief, Senate Democrats aren’t backing down from their demands for stringent reforms to ICE. And now President Donald Trump wants to pair funding with voter ID legislation.
Markwayne Mullin Confirmed As Next Homeland Security Secretary
The Senate confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Monday night. The vote was 54-45 Read More
Trump Rejects John Thune’s Proposal to Fund DHS Without ICE
President Donald Trump reportedly rejected Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-SD) proposal to cut a deal with Democrats to fund the Department of Homeland Security without funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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