Trump orders DHS to pay ‘each and every employee’
President Trump directed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday to pay “each and every employee” impacted by the “Democrat-led DHS shutdown.”
Trump instructed Mullin, in coordination with Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, to use “funds that have a reasonable and logical nexus to the functions of DHS” to provide compensation to department workers that have gone without pay since Feb. 14.
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Trump argued the circumstances of the shutdown now “constitute an emergency situation compromising the Nation’s security,” necessitating Friday’s order.
