The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that the U.S. Coast Guard will continue to receive military pay despite the government shutdown.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem issued a politically charged statement through the department’s website, confirming that service members from the Coast Guard will see their Oct. 15 paycheck processed and deposited. Unlike the other service branches, the Coast Guard is financed by DHS.

“While Democrats have played politics with military pay to fight for illegal aliens, the US Coast Guard has been defending our maritime borders, stopping the flow of deadly narcotics and illegal immigration into our country, and countering America’s adversaries around the world,” Noem said in the statement.

She said the department had developed an “innovative so

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