Since February 14, funding for the DHS, which oversees the TSA, has been frozen due to the deep dispute between Democrats and Republicans in Congress over the practices of the immigration police (ICE), which are highly contested on the left.
This prevents the payment of TSA agent salaries. Absenteeism and resignations have surged, reducing the available workforce.
Has Trump transformed American airports into a zone of chaos?
“It’s not an easy thing to do, but I’m going to do it.”
In a country where traveling by plane is very common, images of queues of up to several hours to go through security checks before the boarding gates have been making headlines in the American media for days.
Donald Trump‘s administration deployed Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents to more than a dozen airports on Monday to assist TSA agents and try to reduce lines.
But, while the situation does not seem to be improving, Donald Trump decided on Thursday to get around the problem.
He does not specify what legal tool he will use to circumvent the budgetary blockage and force, via his minister Markwayne Mulligan, the payment of salaries. “It’s not an easy thing to do, but I’m going to do it,” he added.
Is Donald Trump lying to calm the markets?
