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Fortune
Sasha Rogelberg

As government shutdown persists, ICE agents are among the still-paid employees receiving ‘super checks’ including lost pay and overtime

A man wearing a "border patrol" best has his face covered with a mask and is looking forward. (Credit: Stacey Wescott—Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images)

More than 700,000 federal employees are going without pay as the government shutdown moves into its fourth week. A group of 70,000 law enforcement officers is one of the exceptions.

Customs and Border Protection border patrol agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 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. Their pay is covered under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which gave ICE an extra $75 billion in funding.

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