Trump administration to restore Global Entry program as DHS shutdown impacts travel
Source: CNN US
PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2026, 3:34 AM ET
The Trump administration said international travel program Global Entry would be restored on Wednesday morning, reopening a fast-track system that had been halted last month during an ongoing partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
“As DHS continually evaluates measures it can take amidst the Democrats’ continued shutdown of the department, DHS will be reactivating Global Entry on March 11th at 5:00 AM ET. We are working hard to alleviate the disruptions to travelers caused by the Democrats’ shutdown,” a DHS spokesperson told CNN in a statement. The move was presented as a step to mitigate airport disruptions with the funding standoff in its fourth week.
On February 22, the department announced that it would stop processing Global Entry travelers at participating airports after its funding lapsed on February 14, when lawmakers failed to reach agreement on a spending bill.
At the time, then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said personnel would be reassigned to focus on the “general traveling population at our airports and ports of entry,” calling it a necessary reallocation of resources. A similar decision to suspend domestic program TSA PreCheck was quickly reversed. The funding lapse stems from a broader dispute over immigration enforcement.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/11/us/global-entry-to-resume-dhs-hnk
All of those programs are paid for by user/participant FEES. They're not really "Budget Authority" (Congressional appropriations) funded.