Senate Strikes Overnight Deal To Fund Most of DHS and Pay TSA Agents To End Airport Chaos

After weeks of airport meltdowns and unpaid security agents, the Senate finally blinked.

In a late-night vote that stretched into the early hours of Friday morning, lawmakers passed a funding bill to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security, a move aimed squarely at ending the travel nightmare and getting TSA agents paid again. The bill funds TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, Cyber Security and some border agents - but not ICE. However, ICE is already fully funded for three years because of the Big Beautiful Bill passed last year.

So, in effect, the Democrats shutdown the government - for a second time in six months - for nothing. They got no changes at ICE, which they claimed was their goal. In the process they made made life misserable for Americans trying to travel and for unpaid TSA and other government employees.  Then they made it totally clear that their main constituent are not Americans but illegal immigrants that they imported under Biden to use to cheat in elections as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries both unintentionally admitted. 

The deal comes after a brutal 42-day partial shutdown that left travelers stuck in massive lines, airports understaffed, and TSA officers working without pay. Some quit. Others called out. The result was exactly what you would expect. Chaos.

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Now, relief may be on the way.

The bill funds most DHS operations and is expected to restore pay for TSA workers, easing pressure on airports that have been pushed to the brink.
 

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Senate Democrats put this country, and 260,000 families, through hell for 41 days. Why? Because they care much more about politics and illegals than American citizens and fulfilling their core duty: protecting the homeland.

Shameful.

Now that TSA, Coast Guard,…

— Bernie Moreno (@berniemoreno) March 27, 2026

The deal on the table still needs to clear the House before heading to President Donald Trump’s desk, but momentum is clearly there after the overnight breakthrough.

There is a catch.

The legislation leaves out funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Border Patrol, setting up the next fight in Washington. That battle is not going away. It is just been delayed. Republican's will now move to pass a new reconciliation bill, which only needs 51 votes in the Senate, that will include funding of ICE for 10 years, the SAVE America Act, and funding of the $200 billion requested for Iran War Funding.

Democrats were quick to claim they “held the line” on immigration provisions. Republicans, meanwhile, moved to act as airport conditions deteriorated and the need to get TSA agents paid grew more urgent.

In a Truth Social post just hours earlier, Trump mocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as “Cryin’ Chuck Schumer,” saying Democrats had made it clear they stand “on the side of criminal illegal aliens, and not the American people,” while accusing them of refusing to fund immigration enforcement unless Republicans agreed to “Open Border Policies.”

In that same post, Trump signaled he was ready to step in to make sure TSA agents could receive paychecks again and provide for their families, with or without Congress, raising the stakes on lawmakers to get something done.

They finally did. At 2 a.m.
 

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Here it is! Schumer admits that the Dems have Millions of Illegals voting to steal YOUR Vote and Our Elections! Then he says "that is why so may people don't want to vote for it"!!! Hey Chuck 85% of ALL AMERICANS and even a MAJORITY OF REGISTERED DEMS want the SAVE America Act… https://t.co/YFZiYJS9NY

— Tom Zawistowski (@TomZWTPC) March 10, 2026

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats are REFUSING to reopen DHS because Republicans will not commit to keeping ICE agents away from polling places

Jeffries just admitted Democrats ANTICIPATE illegals voting.

They’re EXPOSING themselves pic.twitter.com/yPnmFc2GC2

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 9, 2026