Liberating the Department of Homeland Security From the Democrat-Caused Shutdown
The White House
This directive instructs the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to repurpose available funds to compensate Department of Homeland Security employees.
The funds used must have a logical connection to the department's regular functions and will cover the pay and benefits workers missed during the ongoing funding lapse.
Once regular appropriations are restored, the targeted agencies are required to adjust their internal accounts to realign with legally planned expenditures.
This should ensure that critical public safety, disaster response, and border security operations continue without operational degradation, as it restores income for more than 35,000 federal workers, including emergency responders at FEMA, cybersecurity professionals at CISA, and civilian Coast Guard personnel who have gone without pay for nearly two months.
By restoring these paychecks, the directive aims to stabilize the personal finances of essential government personnel so they can actively maintain the nation's readiness to handle emergencies and domestic security threats.
