DHS Shutdown

Homeland Security has been shuttered for nearly six weeks, and Senate negotiations are moving slower than TSA lines.

Republicans have agreed to strip out ICE enforcement and removal operations in order to fund non-immigration functions like TSA and FEMA, but Democrats want ICE reforms included (e.g., no masks), and President Trump wants voter reform included (the SAVE America Act). Yesterday, Senate Republicans proposed their “last and final” offer, but didn’t provide details. 

Meanwhile, airport passengers are experiencing the “highest wait times in TSA history.” 

The blue-shirted agency reported that 11.6% agents scheduled to work Sunday were no-shows, and nearly 500 agents have quit. TSA’s acting administrator said it was considering closing some smaller airports until the department reopens. Yesterday, President Trump said he was signing an emergency order to pay TSA agents despite the Congressional stalemate.

Verse to consider whether you’re waiting for a breakthrough in Congress, in a stalled TSA line at your local airport, or in a stalemate in your own home… “Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.”
Colossians 3:12-13 (CSB) (ready full passage)