{"id":147960,"date":"2026-03-25T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/147960\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:10:11","slug":"philadelphia-tsa-officer-frustrated-with-lack-of-pay-ice-presence-at-airports-very-disheartening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/147960\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia TSA officer frustrated with lack of pay, ICE presence at airports: “Very disheartening”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia-area TSA employees are coming up on their third missed paycheck since a partial government shutdown began<\/a>, and are growing frustrated as that turns into missed car and housing payments, a union representative said in an interview with CBS News Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

LaShanda Palmer, a TSA officer at Philadelphia International Airport and a union representative for officers at PHL and Wilmington Airport, said workers are frustrated with the lack of pay<\/a>\u00a0and the recent arrival of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in airports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I have a lot of mixed emotions about how ICE’s presence has been there. However, so do many officers,” said Palmer, who’s president of the AFGE Local 333 labor union. “I feel angry, I feel used, I feel abused. I feel just like every other officer.”<\/p>\n

The airport has closed multiple security checkpoints in recent weeks due to staffing shortages, and has at times seen security wait times jump<\/a>. PHL has fared far better than airports like Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport<\/a>, where some travelers reported spending as long as six hours in the security lines.<\/p>\n

Statistics obtained by CBS News showed nearly 12% of the TSA workforce nationwide called out on Sunday, March 22 \u2014 at PHL, that number was closer to 25%.<\/p>\n

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LaShanda Palmer, president of AFGE Local 333, says many union members are hurting after missing multiple paychecks during the partial government shutdown.<\/p>\n

Getty Images (Left) \/ CBS News Philadelphia<\/p>\n

“We have a lot of pride in saying that this is not a job, this is a career,” Palmer said. “We took an oath. So to know that we’re coming on our third missed paycheck in less than five months … is very disheartening.”<\/p>\n

Palmer said workers are feeling the effects of the missed paychecks and falling behind.<\/p>\n

“Some of us are losing our cars or our homes, some are losing their accounts, their accounts are being closed off. … People are struggling and can’t take care of their own family or daily necessities,” Palmer added.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Senate Republicans introduced a proposal which would fund every part of DHS except for ICE’s enforcement and removal operations.<\/p>\n

Democrats rejected the deal<\/a>, saying it does not go far enough to “rein in” ICE \u2014 and party leaders said they would draw up their own legislation that included more reforms.<\/p>\n

Friday will mark the third partial paycheck workers have missed since the shutdown began.<\/p>\n

\n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n

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