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What updates are there on TSA officer payments amid the DHS shutdown?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. TSA security officers have started to receive some payments today. NPR's Joel Rose reports it's the first time they've been paid since the DHS shutdown began more than 40 days ago.
The union that represents TSA security officers says they've started to receive some of the back pay they're owed. Aaron Barker is a president of the local union that represents TSA officers in Georgia, speaking with NPR's Here and Now.
It does give some sort of relief, but officers were expecting to have their full back pay, and that did not happen.
DHS says most TSA workers have received the two full paychecks they missed, but are still owed a partial paycheck. The Trump administration says it's using funds from within the DHS budget to pay TSA workers after Congress failed to reach a deal to fund the department. Lawmakers have disagreed over calls for tighter restrictions on immigration enforcement. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
The New York Times says the Pentagon is flouting a court order that blocked its policy limiting news reporters' access to the Defense Department's headquarters. The Times claims Pentagon officials implemented a revised press policy that circumvents the ruling.
In that ruling, the judge ruled the Pentagon's new credential policy violated journalists' constitutional rights to free speech and due process. The newspaper is urging the court to force the government to comply with the order. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on birthright citizenship on Wednesday.
NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports that public opinion is split on whether people think the practice should continue.
A majority of Americans say they're in favor of automatic citizenship for children born in the United States when asked about it generally. But when asked more specifically about those who are born to people in the country without legal status or who cross the border illegally, that support plummets.
A Pew Research Center poll, for example, found that 9 in 10 say they support automatic citizenship for those born to U.S. citizens, but they're split nearly half and half on it continuing to be granted to those whose parents are in the country illegally. A YouGov survey found even less support.
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