Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order to pay all Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees. However, it’s unclear what funds he plans to use in order to fund the affected subagencies, which include the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa), and whether this would include federal immigration enforcement –which has been largely insulated from ongoing shutdown thanks to a multi-billion dollar infusion in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Today’s announcement comes after the president signed an order last week to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

On Truth Social, Trump also praised congressional Republicans, despite the fact the House did not take any action on the Senate-passed bill to end the historic partial shutdown.

House speaker Mike Johnson could now wait until lawmakers return from a two-week recess to advance legislation that his party previously rejected. A reminder this funding would withhold funding for ICE and border patrol. Republicans, instead, hope to underwrite federal immigration enforcement for three years through a reconciliation bill, that sidesteps the filibuster.