Trump signs memo directing DHS to pay all employees during shutdown

The president signed a similar memo last week directing pay for TSA workers.

President Donald Trump on Friday directed the Department of Homeland Security to pay all of its employees amid a record-long shutdown at DHS that's lasted nearly 50 days.

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The presidential memo authorizes paychecks for workers who have gone without pay since DHS funding stopped on Feb. 14.

"More than 35,000 employees, including Coast Guard civilians, Federal Emergency Management Agency employees helping to prepare the Nation for disaster response, and cybersecurity professionals at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, have gone without a paycheck for nearly 2 months because of congressional Democrats," Trump wrote in the memo, a day after indicating he would take action.