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Overnight, the U.S. Senate advanced a measure that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, sending it to the House for a final vote. Long security lines at airports in recent days have disrupted thousands of travelers and created anxiety for millions — a direct result of Transportation Security Administration officers going weeks without pay and calling out or resigning.
But the legislation still has a ways to go before finalized. The legislation still needs a vote in the House, but the development could bring a return to security line normalcy at major airports. RELATED STORY | The shutdown is doing more than just dragging out TSA wait timesThe legislation would fund nearly all of the Department of Homeland Security, including the TSA, but does not include immigration enforcement funding. That provision would likely be revisited later this year, possibly through a partisan reconciliation bill.On Friday as the House considers the legislation, Speaker Mike Johnson expressed his displeasure over the bill, hinting that Republicans might not go along with the Senate's version. 'We're going to get all the members together and decide that strategy this morning, but I'll tell you, it's infuriating that Democrats are willing to inflict pain on the American people simply so they can defund the agency that is responsible literally for removing criminal illegal aliens,' he told reporters. 'That's what this is about. They just put it on display for the country again what they're for, and I think it is detestable.'The Senate's vote followed President Donald Trump’s post late Thursday on Truth Social, in which he said he would sign an order instructing Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA officers immediately “in order to address this emergency situation.Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations have continued during the shutdown because they are funded under what Trump has called his “One Big Beautiful bill.” The new deal includes no changes to ICE policy, which Democrats have sought to reform in recent weeks.Democrats continue to call for significant policy changes on immigration enforcement before agreeing to fund ICE. Their proposals include requiring ICE agents to operate without masks, showing identification, and avoiding enforcement activities near “sensitive locations” such as hospitals and schools.RELATED STORY | TSA may now get paid, but Congress is still deadlocked on the root problem
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