"Customs and Border Protection border patrol agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, Secret Service Special Agents, and Transportation Security Administration air marshals will continue to be paid during the ongoing shutdown, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to Fortune. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem outlined on social media last week these personnel will receive "super checks" by Wednesday covering their next pay period, as well as lost wages from the first few days of the shutdown, and applicable overtime pay."
"Many are working 60 hours, six days a week, and some are taking on second "gig jobs," such as serving at restaurants or driving for Uber or DoorDash, according to Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. "To think that somehow we can live with, 'You'll get paid eventually,' that doesn't pay the creditors, that doesn't pay the mortgage, that doesn't pay gas, that doesn't pay the food bill," Daniels told Fortune earlier this week."
"The decisions of who gets paid and who doesn't during government shutdowns depends on department personnel sorting employees into respective groups of essential and non-essential, as well as appropriations for salaries that may or may not be impacted by the lapsed Congressional budget. But this employee selection process is completely arbitrary and subjective, highlighting a failure of government shutdowns, which are ultimately more expensive"
The government shutdown has left over 700,000 federal employees without pay while roughly 70,000 law enforcement officers remain paid. Specific paid personnel include CBP border patrol agents, ICE deportation officers, Secret Service Special Agents, and TSA air marshals, who will receive advance "super checks" covering the next pay period, lost wages, and overtime. Many essential workers, including air traffic controllers, are unpaid despite working extended hours and taking second jobs. Decisions about who receives pay depend on department classifications of essential versus non-essential and on appropriations, a process described as arbitrary, subjective, and costly.
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