DOJ, Largely Shut Down, Nonetheless Issued Statements On Southern Border Cases

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January 8th, 2019

Work at the Justice Department’s headquarters in Washington has been slower than normal because of the government shutdown. Even so, it’s calling attention to administration priorities about the southern border

J. David Ake / AP

Updated at 1:25 p.m. ET

The ongoing government shutdown didn’t stop the Justice Department’s public affairs office from issuing statements this week about cases involving America’s Southern border.

Officials in Washington, D.C., instructed field office workers on Dec. 21 that the public affairs unit would “only issue press releases to the extent it is necessary to ensure public safety or national security, such as a terrorist attack or something of similar magnitude.”

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