Federal Employees Share Hardships Amid Ongoing Homeland Security Shutdown
As the Department of Homeland Security shutdown stretches into its sixth week, federal workers are speaking out about the financial and personal toll the standoff is taking on them and their families.
The ongoing partial government shutdown has left thousands of federal employees across the country struggling to make ends meet, and the Department of Homeland Security is no exception. In a stark move, the department has asked its workers to submit videos describing the hardships they're facing as a result of the impasse in Washington.
Employees Struggle with Mounting Bills and Uncertainty
With no end in sight to the standoff, DHS workers are increasingly finding themselves in precarious financial situations. Many have been forced to take on side jobs, delay paying bills, and even borrow money from family and friends just to make it through each month.
{{IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER}}Source: The New York Times
