TSA employees have been working without pay during a partial shutdown of DHS over demands to reform immigration enforcement.
More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14 left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security said.
Funding was shut off to DHS over demands by Democrats for reforms at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection following alleged abuses and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis earlier this year.
There has also been a national callout rate of 10% at TSA on more than half the days of the last week, Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, said Saturday in response to questions.
I don’t know about you, but I am so fucking sick of winning.
is it really quitting if your employer stops paying you?
Republicans read this and go “hell yea. More unemployment!!!”
“Look what democrats are doing to our country!”
“Why would Obama do this?!”
We’ve gotta get those numbers up!
Only thing better than a strike is a mass exodus.
Except now we have ICE in the airports.
Winning?ICE is completely untrained and ignorant of what the TSA does, if TSA walked today all airports would basically shut down.
The airports should shut down. Whatever fuckery actually happens may be entirely different.
They’d need to make a choice to declare the TSA is all for show or shut down in my mind. What do you imagine they’d do?
they already are assaulting passengers.
Eh. I support ICE harassing people with some degree of resources and influence for a change.
So the US is now stuck with ICE agents everywhere until they get DOGEd out? No real freedom of movement anymore and I imagine these guys are worse than cops. I anticipate they’ll make gangs out of themselves cause they’re so large and unchecked
I anticipate they’ll make gangs out of themselves cause they’re so large and unchecked
Cops already do this
That is a paramilitary gang. Those are not law enforcement. They don’t follow laws.
We’re great now, right?
Good for them.
What a poorly worded article by NBC yet again. They refuse to state the truth because trump will sick his group of criminals on them, we don’t have free press anymore.
Also, who would want to work for a broke employer anyway? We are $39 TRILLION in debt thanks mostly to Donald Trump raising it $1 trillion every 4 months.
Good. We really don’t need any security theater anyway
Unfortunately you continue to get security theater, but with an exponential increase in racism.
Well…it does stand for Theatre Security Agency.
Republicans are playing a waiting game. They know the media will soon start blaming Democrats, and public opinion will follow.
‘will soon start’?
they were blaming democrats before the patriot act was even signed. it’s kindof their brand™
You’re talking about the bipartisan patriot act?
Don’t worry everyone ICE will get things done and back in order…oh shit…
Funny how no other country either shuts down their government on a regular basis or needs the level of security theater of the TSA. Shit hole country.
its a convenient weapon created by the go, which the DEMs enabled. i think other countries would have a re-election of the govt at this point, US has no such mechanism, thats why it continues to spiral downward to oblivion.
I’m sure airlines will be thrilled about having their customers kidnapped by ICE during security checks. Because that’s how “illegals” sneak into the country, right? By buying an airline ticket and FLYING IN. Just think of the headlines.
Because that’s how “illegals” sneak into the country, right?
Actually, yes. 40% of undocumented immigrants came in legally (many on planes) and simply overstayed their visa.
Well no, someone entering legally isn’t sneaking in illegally.
Once you overstay your visa, you are not here legally. Those are 40% of the illegal immigrants in this country. There is a difference between undocumented and illegal. ICE is going after illegal immigration in all forms, not just the people sneaking over the border.
That’s not sneaking in illegally, that’s overstaying illegally.
If you want to be a pedantic dickbag and focus on the word “sneaking” when the key part of the post (which was conveniently written in all caps in case you have a hard time understanding the point of the simple sentence) was FLYING IN and “illegals,” then sure, you are correct. They are “illegals” whether they sneak in or overstay. And the post was also about what ICE is doing. They aren’t only going after people who sneak in. They are going after all illegal immigration.
I do realize that I called them undocumented immigrants, when I don’t know if they are still considered “documented” if their documents are no longer valid/legal.
My favorite TSA experience was how my nephew was on a no fly list and we didnt find this out until we waited through two hours in line.
My nephews age at the time? 6 months old. The No Fly order was older than he was.
Lots of critical thinking going on with that lot, lemme tell you.
I really don’t understand why any of them are showing up for work at all.
they convinced them theyw ill get back pay? most already quit by now,
Absolutely, sunk cost fallacy.
You’re on a contract that fucks up all the time. Historically, you’ve always gotten paid eventually. You wait it out a week, two, you could say screw it and walk then, but now it’s well, if I walk, i won’t get x dollars, let’s just wait it out a little. Vicious cycle.
Working this hated job and hoping to maybe get paid is fucked up on so many levels.
they lure them in with healthcare fully paid and maybe a retirement plan. ice is already harassing people at blue airports, SFO, seattle,etc.
I doubt they get healthcare or a retirement plan. TSA is a job which has near zero skill requirements and will hire anyone.
Let’s remove your doubt
