{"id":684458,"date":"2026-03-27T01:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/684458\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T01:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:47:11","slug":"president-trump-to-sign-emergency-order-to-pay-tsa-workers-as-houston-wait-times-push-4-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/684458\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump to sign emergency order to pay TSA workers as Houston wait times push 4+ hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 President Donald Trump said he will sign an emergency order to pay TSA workers<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n

The president made announcement in a post<\/a> to his social media platform, Truth Social. <\/p>\n

\u201cI 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,\u201d the president wrote in part. <\/p>\n

Newly-appointed Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin is only on the second day on the job. Mullin replaced Kristi Noem on March 24. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese hours long lines and thousands of Americans missing their flights,\u201d Mullin said in a post on X while blaming the Democrats. <\/p>\n

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I want to thank @POTUS<\/a> for his leadership in finding a way to pay our TSA officers to end this chaos at our airports. These hours long lines and thousands of Americans missing their flights was caused solely by the Democrats reckless @DHSgov<\/a> shutdown.
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Many of DHS\u2019 frontline\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/QESzlb85ey<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) March 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thursday marks 40 days since the start of the partial federal government shutdown on February 14. <\/p>\n

More than 50,000 TSA workers have been working without pay since their last paycheck in January. This has resulted in nationwide callouts and security screening lines that stretched 4+ hours in Houston. <\/p>\n

For days, both of Houston\u2019s airports, Bush Airport and Hobby Airport, have been at the top of list for TSA agents calling out. <\/p>\n

Nearly 500 TSA officers have quit during the latest shutdown, the third in the past year. ICE agents were brought to airports nationwide, including both Houston airports, to help with passenger screening<\/a>. <\/p>\n