Trump to sign order to pay all DHS employees during record-long shutdown 

Published April 2, 2026 12:08pm ET



President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he plans to sign an executive order “soon” to pay all employees of the Department of Homeland Security.

Trump said in a post on Truth Social that while congressional Republicans are unified in passing legislation to fund the department, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, he is going to sign the order because Democrats are “100% committed to the Radical Left Policy of Open Borders and Zero Immigration Enforcement.”

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