Trump Signs Memo to Pay All DHS Employees During Shutdown

Congress has stalled in funding the agency, leaving tens of thousands of federal workers with ICE, CBP, TSA, and others without pay for nearly two months.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump on April 3 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 Security Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other agencies without pay for nearly two months.