Some federal law enforcement to receive pay during government shutdown

17/10/2025 6:27

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is telling some federal law enforcement personnel, including Border Patrol agents and customs officers, that they will be paid during the government shutdown, according to internal correspondence seen by Reuters.



The decision to provide paychecks to roughly 50,000 U.S. Customs and Border Protection workers follows announcements that the Trump administration will also pay military troops and FBI agents during the shutdown, which started on October 1.



Hundreds of thousands of other federal employees, meanwhile, are not receiving payment. It was not clear what funding CBP would use to provide their

pay. According to a detailed plan published shortly before the shutdown took effect, roughly 97% of the agency's 67,000 workers are funded through annual appropriations, which ran out on September 30 due to a dispute between Republicans and Democrats in Congress over healthcare subsidies.