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Natasha Lyonne posted that she was detained by ICE after being kicked off a Delta red-eye to NYC following the Euphoria premiere; Homeland Security denies that ICE or TSA escorted or detained her; Lyonne later attended NYC events, and Page Six originally reported the flight incident.
President Trump shared a graphic video of a fatal beating by a Haitian migrant to advocate ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. The case of Rolbert Joachin, charged with homicide in Florida, highlights the ongoing TPS debate as a federal judge blocks the administration’s attempt to end Haitians’ TPS and the Supreme Court prepares to hear the case, with DHS indicating Joachin will be deported regardless of TPS outcomes.
Trump signaled support for a narrowly focused budget reconciliation bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Border Patrol for the rest of his presidency, bolstering Senate Republicans’ push to bypass a filibuster amid a Homeland Security funding impasse. Lindsey Graham and John Barrasso are drafting the measure, with a potential floor vote the week of April 20 and a June 1 deadline, while House conservatives push to limit or broaden the package.
Trump posted a graphic Florida murder video attributed to an undocumented Haitian immigrant to pivot the national debate to his immigration crackdown, a tactic critics say weaponizes violence and stokes anti-immigrant sentiment while debates over temporary protected status and related cases continue.
Thousands of Department of Homeland Security employees are working without pay during a partial government shutdown, after President Trump ordered TSA workers to be paid. About 92% of DHS’s roughly 272,000 staff remain on duty with no clear end in sight. CNN is asking DHS employees who haven’t received pay to share how the shutdown has affected them for a future story.
Most TSA officers who had been working without pay during the DHS shutdown finally received retroactive pay for missed periods, though a small number may face delays due to processing. DHS is coordinating with the National Finance Center to issue the remaining half-pay from the first week of the shutdown. Unions warn the disruption is fueling attrition and recruitment challenges as lawmakers continue to debate funding.
Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, said ICE will remain at U.S. airports until TSA staffing and security are back to full capacity amid a funding fight that has delayed DHS operations; Trump ordered DHS to pay TSA workers as Congress debates a short-term funding bill and recesses, with TSA resignations piling up. ICE’s ongoing presence is tied to coordinating with TSA, and its funding has largely been insulated by a separate $75 billion policy package, leaving the agency to operate under the current disruption.
House Republicans accuse some Senate colleagues of ‘buyer’s remorse’ after voting for a DHS funding package that funds most of the department but shortchanges immigration enforcement, as the two chambers remain at odds and a short-term extension is pushed to avert a protracted shutdown ahead of a recess.
The US House passed an eight-week stopgap funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security by 213-203 after rejecting a bipartisan Senate deal that would have funded DHS but excluded ICE and the border patrol, prolonging a budget standoff that has disrupted air travel and left TSA staff unpaid. Democrats seek ICE reforms, while Republicans argue for funding with conditions; the White House says Trump ordered funds to pay TSA wages, and both chambers must approve the same version before it goes to the president.
President Trump directed the Department of Homeland Security to redirect funds to pay TSA workers during the partial government shutdown, with TSA payroll expected to resume by March 30; funding is reportedly drawn from last summer's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. While TSA gets paid, other DHS staff remain unpaid as House Republicans oppose a broader DHS funding deal, leaving about 60,000 TSA employees affected and raising morale concerns.
House Speaker Mike Johnson blasted Senate GOP leadership for a two-step DHS funding plan—calling it a 'joke' and suggesting Senate Democrats and Chuck Schumer engineered it. He said President Trump backs a short eight-week DHS funding bill to be sent to an empty Senate, while Trump has moved TSA funding via executive action. The House is expected to back a short-term continuing resolution focused on border security, but a bigger clash looms over a second reconciliation bill and funding/offsets for ICE and CBP, signaling a widening rift between House and Senate GOP factions even as Johnson and Thune try to remain aligned.
President Trump will send Congress the fiscal 2027 budget on April 3, with uncertainty over whether a supplemental defense request for potential Iran action will accompany it; the White House is reviewing about $200 billion in emergency military funding, and the plan follows his call for a $1.5 trillion defense budget as lawmakers contend with a delayed, nonbinding fiscal blueprint and ongoing DHS funding standoff.
Amid a partial government shutdown, the Trump administration said TSA screeners who have worked without pay will start receiving pay as soon as Monday, even as Congress remains deadlocked on DHS funding and immigration enforcement, contributing to ongoing airport delays and staff departures.
TSA officers who had been working without pay during the partial government shutdown are expected to start receiving their paychecks as early as Monday, according to DHS. President Trump said the executive branch would fund TSA without waiting for Congress, as lawmakers bargain over DHS funding and travelers continue to experience longer security lines.
President Trump said he will sign an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to immediately fund TSA salaries owed during a budget impasse in Congress, in an effort to end the “chaos” at airports as spring travel peaks; the move comes as DHS funding talks stall and TSA staffing shortages persist, with ICE deployed to assist at some airports amid the stalemate.