President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he will sign an executive order directing new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay Transportation Security Administration workers, following a partial government shutdown that began Feb. 14 and has since left them without paychecks.

The president did not indicate how Mullin would be able to pay the employees, who work within the Homeland Security Department, which has been shuttered as a result of a Congress stalemate on funding he agency.

Senate Democrats have refused to vote in favor of funding the agency again until Republicans agree to reforms to the federal crackdown on illegal migrants in the U.S.

Over 450 TSA workers have so far reportedly quit since the shutdown began.

"The Radical Left Democrats, and their 'leader,' Cryin’ [Senate Democrat leader] Chuck Schumer, have made it very clear where they stand, and that is on the side of criminal illegal aliens and not the American people," Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

"They are refusing to fund Immigration Enforcement unless Republicans agree to their Open Border Policies, which will never, ever happen again.

"Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our Great Country, as I always will do. Therefore, I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA agents in order to address this Emergency Situation and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports. It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it."

The news comes the same day the House passed its third Homeland Security funding legislation, though it is still unlikely to pass the Senate.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.