President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on April 3, 2026, directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide compensation and benefits to employees who have been unpaid since a congressional shutdown began nearly seven weeks earlier. The memo cites more than 35,000 DHS workers – including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Coast Guard civilians, FEMA staff, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency professionals – who have gone without pay for almost two months. Trump characterizes the situation as an emergency that compromises national security and orders the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, to use funds logically linked to DHS functions to pay employees in accordance with applicable law, including 31 U.S.C. 1301(a). Once regular appropriations resume, DHS is instructed to adjust its accounts to reflect prior planned expenditures.
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