As
RedState
reported
on
Thursday,
President
Trump
took
to
Truth
Social
to
announce
that
he
would
sign
an
order
directing
Department
of
Homeland
Security
(DHS)
Secretary
Markwayne
Mullin
to
pay
Transportation
and
Security
Administration
(TSA)
workers.
Since
then,
the
Senate
passed
a
DHS
funding
measure
via
voice
vote
in
the
wee
hours
of
the
morning
(with
a
carveout
for
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement
(ICE)
and
parts
of
Customs
and
Border
Protection
(CBP)).
The
catch
there,
of
course,
is
that
since
the
Senate
bill
differs
from
the
House
bill,
that
throws
it
back
to
the
House.
And
-
per
the
latest
-
the
House
is
not
keen
on
the
Senate
measure.
PROF.
CLIFFORD
THIES
(EXCLUSIVE
TO
PUBLIC
ADVOCATE)
SAYS:
At
2
am
this
morning,
the
Senate
approved
funding
of
DHS
via
unanimous
consent
(not
a
roll
call
vote).
The
bill
now
goes
to
the
House.
Senate
Democrats
had
been
denying
funding
to
DHS
(except
ICE,
which
was
funded
in
the
Big
Beautiful
bill)
through
the
Senate's
filibuster
rule
(which
allows
41
Senators
to
block
legislation).
By
reason
of
this
filibuster,
TSA
workers
have
been
working
without
pay
(those
who
have
been
working),
many
of
them
have
quit,
and
enormous
lines
have
developed
at
airports.
For
Democrats,
holding
the
flying
public
hostage
was
viewed
as
a
strategy
to
force
the
majority
in
the
Senate,
as
well
as
the
House
and
the
President,
to
accept
their
demands
regarding
enforcement
of
immigration
law
(namely,
to
not
enforce
immigration
law).
This
strategy
may
have
been
trumped
by
President
Trump's
announcement
of
an
emergency
and
his
authorization
of
pay
for
TSA
workers.
Polls
indicate
that
large
majorities
support
deportation
of
illegal
aliens
who
commit
crimes
while
in
this
country
and
illegal
aliens
who
are
welfare
dependents.
With
regard
to
deporting
illegal
aliens
that
obey
the
law
while
here
and
are
self-supporting,
there
is
no
consensus.
