Overview
- The Senate passed a Homeland Security bill that would restore pay for the Transportation Security Administration and the Coast Guard while excluding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.
- House Republicans refused to take up the Senate bill, leaving TSA employees without pay and keeping checkpoint delays in place at major hubs such as Atlanta and Houston.
- President Trump said he will order TSA pay through emergency powers, though his legal authority is uncertain because Congress controls federal spending.
- Acting TSA chief Ha Nguyen McNeill warned of record security waits and described officers selling plasma, losing childcare, and sleeping in cars after missing paychecks.
- ICE officers were sent to support simple airport tasks like monitoring exits, yet frontline reports say the help has not shortened lines, and separate reporting says World Cup security training and upgrades are on hold.