Shutdown impacts local Coast Guard family
341 views · Published 28 December 2018 · 1:08 · Indexed 9 October 2026
Channel: NBC 26 · 2018 · News & Politics
A Coast Guard station in Sturgeon Bay is still being staffed during the shutdown, but the workers aren't getting paid, and one family says it’s made for a difficult time. Kayla Garcia is the wife of a Coast Guardsman and the mother of a young child. She says her family lives paycheck to paycheck, but they won't get a paycheck that's supposed to come on Monday. Garcia says it's hard, because while the pay is stopped, the family bills have not. "I think just the stress of everything and trying to move money around, ask people for help, it puts a really big, I guess it takes a really big toll on your family," Garcia says. The Coast Guard is the only branch of the military working without pay during this shutdown. When it does end, guardsmen will get paid for this time of work. But until the shutdown ends, the family will continue to face financial challenges.
