All DHS workers to be paid by end of week for past 6 weeks of shutdown
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced that employees affected by the government shutdown will receive back pay by the end of the week, with most payments expected by Friday and some possibly delayed until Monday.
- The payments are being made possible through executive action and existing funding flexibility, but future payroll for DHS employees, except law enforcement officials, depends on Congressional approval.
- Mullin criticized Democrats for the shutdown, accusing them of defunding and shutting down 22 agencies responsible for homeland security, while praising DHS employees for continuing to work without pay.
- The temporary funding solution relies on a provision allowing the president limited authority to reallocate funds in emergencies, but Mullin stressed this is not a sustainable, long-term fix.
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