{"id":2586707,"date":"2026-04-02T20:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-plan-to-help-dhs-workers-in-spite-of-radical-left-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:45:39","slug":"trump-announces-plan-to-help-dhs-workers-in-spite-of-radical-left-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-plan-to-help-dhs-workers-in-spite-of-radical-left-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Announces Plan to Help DHS Workers in Spite of &#8216;Radical Left&#8217; Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-announces-plan-to-help-dhs-workers-in-spite-of-radical-left-shutdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2586707&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece describes president Donald Trump\u2019s pledge to issue an order that will ensure pay for all Department of Homeland Security employees during a shutdown caused by Senate Democrats blocking DHS funding over immigration enforcement. It explains that while TSA pay had been restored by a previous executive order, civilian Coast Guard, FEMA, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency workers remained unpaid, even as other DHS components could access funding. Trump praises GOP leaders for developing a longer-term plan to fund ICE and CBP and attacks Democrats, accusing them of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-arrests-fell-from-5119-to-just-1970-in-february\/\" title=\"ICE Arrests Fell From 5,119 To Just 1,970 In February\">open borders policies<\/a>. A White House news release is cited, urging Democrats to end the shutdown and pass responsible funding to protect security and livelihoods. The piece also notes Republican strategies to use budget reconciliation to fund DHS agencies for the remainder of Trump\u2019s term and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >includes social media posts<\/a> and commentary related to the controversy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will ensure Department of Homeland Security employees left hanging when congressional Democrats went home on vacation will be paid.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats have stalled paying DHS workers as part of their duel with the Trump administration over immigration enforcement. Democrats have refused to sign off on a DHS budget, resulting in an agency shutdown. The shutdown has largely existed on paper because many DHS workers are classified as essential workers.<\/p>\n<p>Because of that, Trump last week issued an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration workers, whose lack of pay was a factor in massive lines at major airports.<\/p>\n<p>However, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/trump-says-sign-order-pay-dhs-employees-shutdown-rcna266422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> noted, civilian Coast Guard employees, Federal Emergency Management Agency staff, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency workers remained without pay, even as other parts of DHS, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, could tap &ldquo;Big Beautiful Bill&rdquo; funding to pay employees.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Trump to the rescue.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will soon sign an order to pay ALL of the incredible employees at the Department of Homeland Security,&rdquo; Trump wrote in a Thursday post on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116335602592937497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Their families have suffered far too long at the hands of the Extreme Liberal &lsquo;Leaders,&rsquo; Cryin&rsquo; Chuck Schumer and Hakeem &lsquo;High Tax&rsquo; Jeffries,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nevertheless, help is on the way for our Brave and Patriotic Public Servants who have continued to work hard, and do their part to protect and defend our Country,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump applauded the work of GOP leaders developing a longer-term strategy to lock in funding for ICE and Customs and Border Protection employees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank you to all of our Great Congressional Republicans, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Senate Leader John Thune, for their work this week. Republicans are UNIFIED, and moving forward on a plan that will reload funding for our FANTASTIC Border Patrol and Immigration Enforcement Officers,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congress is worthless. All of them. They cannot even pass the most basic common sense policies there ever has been. We the people should no longer pay their salaries. Especially while DHS isn&rsquo;t getting paid.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump Train. All Aboard!! (@ScruffMcGruff11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScruffMcGruff11\/status\/2039007643184820669?\">March 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump said other DHS employees had been penalized by Democrats who were &ldquo;fully and 100% committed to the Radical Left Policy of Open Borders and Zero Immigration Enforcement (which will hopefully cost them dearly in the Midterms!), allowing Murderers and Criminals of all types into our Country, totally unchecked and unvetted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/releases\/2026\/03\/president-trump-acts-where-democrats-refused-bringing-relief-to-tsa-workers-and-travelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> about Trump&rsquo;s memo that kicked loose funding for TSA workers, the White House noted the underlying issue requires Democrats to stop playing political games.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats in Congress must immediately end their shutdown, pass responsible funding legislation, and stop putting political demands over the safety, security, and livelihoods of the American people,&rdquo; the release said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Through Democrats&rsquo; DHS shutdown, they have solidified their stance as the party of open borders and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-leaders-call-on-residents-to-stand-up-to-violent-criminals-amid-cop-shortage-skyrocketing-crime\/\" title=\"Minneapolis Leaders Call On Residents To \u2018Stand Up\u2019 To Violent Criminals Amid Cop Shortage, Skyrocketing Crime\">defunding law enforcement<\/a>. Today, the Senate sent our bill back to the House to quickly reopen DHS and fund these integral national security agencies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eJiJsEmBpd\">pic.twitter.com\/eJiJsEmBpd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leader John Thune (@LeaderJohnThune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderJohnThune\/status\/2039725751683989573?\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>House and Senate Republicans plan to fund ICE and the Border Patrol through the rest of Trump&rsquo;s term by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-schumer-file-measure-that-sets-up-process-to-ram-through-biden-stimulus-without-gop-support\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Schumer File Measure That Sets Up Process To Ram Through Biden Stimulus Without GOP Support\">process called budget reconciliation<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/trump-hell-sign-order-pay-dhs-employees-shutdown\/story?id=131650312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That process allows the Senate to pass budget-related matters with 51 votes instead of the 60 votes needed for approval of the full DHS budget.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The standoff has left the DHS budget unsigned and the agency effectively shut down, though many DHS workers are considered essential and continue working. Previously, Trump issued an order to pay Transportation Security Administration staff to address long airport lines; civilian Coast Guard employees, FEMA personnel, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency staff remained unpaid, while ICE could tap existing funds to pay its employees. Trump framed his move as stepping in to resolve the situation and said he would soon sign an order to pay all DHS workers, criticizing Democrats for backing an open-borders policy. He praised GOP leaders for developing a longer-term plan to fund ICE and Customs and Border Protection and thanked House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Leader John Thune for their efforts, claiming Republicans were unified in restoring funding for border enforcement. The White House argued that Democrats must end the shutdown and pass responsible funding legislation, saying their stance on open borders jeopardizes safety and livelihoods. Republicans reportedly planned to fund ICE and the Border Patrol through the rest of Trump\u2019s term via budget reconciliation, a process that would allow passage with a simple 51 votes in the Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2586708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Trump-DHS-workers-pay.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7492,72903,4326,5123,3634],"class_list":["post-2586707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dhs","tag-homeland-security-2","tag-policy","tag-shutdown","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Trump-DHS-workers-pay.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586707"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586711,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586707\/revisions\/2586711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2586708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}