Some TSA agents will get $10,000 bonuses for shutdown work, Noem says

Washington — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday that TSA agents with "exemplary service" during the government shutdown volition person a $10,000 bonus check. 

Noem said the bonus checks, connected apical of their backmost pay, are "for stepping up, taking connected other shifts, for showing up each and each day." She announced the bonuses astatine a property league successful Houston flanked by agents, and said others crossed the state would beryllium recognized. 

"We volition beryllium continuing to not lone admit employees crossed the country, but we volition beryllium looking astatine each azygous TSA authoritative who helped service during this authorities shutdown, and bash what we tin to admit that and assistance them financially with a bonus cheque to get them and their household backmost connected their feet," Noem said. 

Noem said determination were "tens of thousands of individuals who stepped up and continued to serve" during the past six weeks. When asked whether that was referring to those who did not telephone retired sick oregon enactment location for different reasons, Noem said, "that's not needfully the parameters." 

"We're going to look astatine each idiosyncratic that did exceptional work during this play of clip erstwhile determination were truthful galore hardships," she said. 

Air question has faced disruptions successful caller weeks arsenic the Federal Aviation Administration constricted flights owed to aerial postulation controller staffing shortages, and agelong information lines snarled operations astatine galore airports.

President Trump said Monday that immoderate aerial postulation controllers that called retired of enactment would beryllium "substantially docked." He besides said helium would urge $10,000 bonuses for those who continued to amusement up to work, contempt not being paid during the shutdown.