US EditionTrump signs memo directing DHS to pay all employees during shutdown
The order covers more than 35,000 DHS workers after nearly 50 days without pay, while lawmakers remain deadlocked over a funding bill.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an emergency order to pay "each and every" Department of Homeland Security employee compensation lost during the agency's nearly 50-day partial shutdown.
- The partial shutdown stems from a funding standoff where Trump instructed Republicans to reject agreements with Democrats unless they include the SAVE America Act election overhaul bill.
- Paychecks for more than 35,000 employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Coast Guard, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are authorized, covering staff unpaid since Feb. 14.
- Last Monday, 50,000 Transportation Security Administration airport security officers began receiving pay after Trump issued a similar directive, addressing the 10% daily absence rate that caused chaos at U.S. airports.
- Trump stated the funds would have a "reasonable and logical nexus" to DHS functions, potentially addressing legal questions about reallocating money Congress appropriated for specific purposes.
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Trump Signs Memo to Pay All DHS Employees During Shutdown
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a memorandum directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pay its employees all owed compensation and benefits accrued during a nearly seven-week-long partial government shutdown. Congress is in a stalemate in funding the agency, leaving tens of thousands of federal workers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Coast Guard, Transportation Securi…
Trump Directs DHS to Issue Shutdown Back Pay to All Employees
Trump directs Homeland Security to issue shutdown back-pay to all employees, White House says
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday directed the Department of Homeland Security to pay “each and every” employee the equivalent of compensation and benefits lost during U.S. lawmakers’ partial shutdown of the agency, according to a memo published by the White House. Trump said the funds would have a “reasonable and logical nexus” to DHS functions, a possible allusion to legal questions surrounding t…
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