DHS gives TSA agents $10,000 bonus checks
The Department of Homeland Security is giving TSA agents bonuses of up to $10,000 for those who worked during the shutdown, according to Secretary Kristi Noem.

"We are announcing that we are going to be handing out bonus checks of $10,000 to TSOs to agents who worked for TSA, who served with exemplary service," she said at an event at George H.W. Bush Airport in Houston. "And what that means is that we are going to not only continue their paychecks like they should have received all along, but also they're going to get a bonus check for stepping up, taking on extra shifts, for showing up each and every day, for serving the American people and taking seriously the mission that the Department of Homeland Security takes seriously, and that they take seriously every single day, and that's keeping the American people safe while they go and commute, commute across the country, and while they do their work and business and take care of their families."
Noem is physically handing out bonus checks to agents at the airport. It is unclear if the bonuses are for just those at Bush airport or around the country.
-ABC News' Luke Barr







