ICE, Border Patrol Agents To Be Paid Despite Democrat Shutdown In ‘Unprecedented’ Move

Federal immigration agents working during the shutdown will get a paycheck.

Agents from both Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol will start to receive their paychecks again and get back pay for the time they’ve worked since the shutdown began, multiple agency sources told The Daily Wire.

In a message from the National Border Patrol Council, the agency’s union, some agents were informed this week that their payday is coming.

“This is unprecedented and is due to the hard work of all federal law enforcement officers and the continued support of President Trump and his administration,” NBPC President Paul Perez wrote in the email.

Border agents also “may receive ‘accelerated’ pay” for their next paycheck, according to the memo.

The government shutdown entered its 16th day on Thursday. Another vote to reopen the government is scheduled, but is expected to fail again.

Democrats in Congress are asking to negotiate on healthcare, while Republicans are demanding that the government be reopened before any further talks proceed.

With no end to the shutdown in sight, Border Patrol sources expressed relief at the news they’ll get paid.

Some of those agents are patrolling not only the southern and northern borders, but have also been deployed to cities like Chicago to assist ICE with President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts.

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents in Chicago are up against mounting threats to their lives, including bounties amounting to up to $50,000 that have been placed on their heads by local gangs and the Mexican cartels.

Those agents are taking a sigh of relief knowing they’ll get paid for their work.

“It’s a huge boost for us that this government has our backs, especially after all the stress the last administration put us through. We have been through shutdowns before, and we still come to work with pride, but I’m thankful to know we don’t have to deal with the stress of wondering how long it will be until we get paid again,” one agent told The Daily Wire.

“Getting pelted with rocks by Antifa really sucks, but it’s even worse when you’re not getting paid,” said another agent.