HUGE: President Trump Announces He Will Sign An Emergency Order To Pay TSA Agents Bypassing Democrats

Airports may soon be unclogged.

For over a month, Transportation Security Administration workers have gone unpaid due to Democrats in Congress refusing to pass legislation to provide full-year funding for the DHS, which TSA falls under.

Due to not getting paid, many TSA agents are refusing to show up to work, which has resulted in major lines and delays at airports across the United States.

Take a look:

If you're flying out of JFK today, don't…. pic.twitter.com/EZO16qcCMH

— Meredith Gorman (@MereGorman) March 24, 2026

TSA line in front of the North Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta at 5 am.

This is a harbinger of things to come. Soon there will be lines like this for fuel , food, and government assistance. pic.twitter.com/JvyOXiSQNm

— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) March 26, 2026

President Trump has a solution to the problem and, on Thursday evening, announced that he has ordered Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA agents with DHS’s current funds.

The Associated Press broke the story of Trump’s big move:

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggles to reach a deal to end the budget impasse that has jammed airports and left workers without paychecks.

Trump announced his decision in a social media post saying he wanted to quickly stop the “Chaos at the Airports.”

“It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it!” the president posted.

With pressure mounting, the White House had floated the extraordinary move of invoking a national emergency to pay TSA workers while senators reviewed a “last and final” offer from Republicans to Democrats to end the funding impasse. Details of the president’s plan were not immediately available, but a national emergency declaration would be politically fraught and almost certain to face legal challenges. Instead, the president may simply be shifting money from other sources.

Democrats have been refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security as they demand changes to rein in Trump’s immigration enforcement operations. The Senate came to a standstill and senators, ready to leave town for their own spring break, had prepared to stay all night to reach a deal.

Some conservatives have speculated that Congressional Democrats will sue the Trump admin over the move:

🚨 BREAKING: In a huge move, President Trump is signing an executive order to PAY our TSA agents being held hostage by Democrats

Now he’s gonna DARE Democrats to sue him, which will look terrible on their end!

“The Radical Left Democrats, and their “Leader,” Cryin’ Chuck… pic.twitter.com/pinSX39XjB

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 26, 2026

Read President Trump’s full statement on Truth Social here:

The Radical Left Democrats, and their “Leader,” Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, have made it very clear where they stand, and that is, ON THE SIDE OF CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, AND NOT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. They are refusing to fund Immigration Enforcement unless the Republicans agree to their Open Border Policies, which will never, ever happen again.

They almost destroyed our Country, allowing 25 Million People to enter from Prisons, Mental Institutions, and Insane Asylums, those that are Drug Dealers, and thousands of Murderers, many of whom killed more than one person. Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our Great Country, as I always will do!

Therefore, I 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, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports. It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it! I want to thank our hardworking TSA Agents and also, ICE, for the incredible help they have given us at the Airports. I will not allow the Radical Left Democrats to hold our Country hostage any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

How does that sound?