Liberating the Department of Homeland Security From the Democrat-Caused Shutdown

Key Points

• Trump is ordering the Department of Homeland Security to pay all of its workers despite the ongoing funding lapse, treating the shutdown as a national security emergency. More than 35,000 employees have gone without a paycheck for nearly two months.
• The affected workers include border security and immigration enforcement agents, Coast Guard civilians, FEMA employees preparing for disaster response, and cybersecurity professionals at CISA. Many of these workers have been required to keep working without pay because their jobs are considered essential.
• The agency is directed to find existing funds with a logical connection to DHS operations to cover the back pay and ongoing compensation. This workaround avoids waiting for Congress to restore regular funding.
• Once Congress restores regular DHS funding, the agency will work to rebalance its accounts so that normal operations and planned spending can continue as originally intended.

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