70,000 DHS LAW OFFICERS GET 'SUPER CHECKS'—ICE AND BORDER PATROL PAID AS 700,000 FEDS MISS PAY

During the fourth week of the U.S. government shutdown, about 70,000 DHS law enforcement personnel—including ICE deportation officers, Border Patrol agents, Secret Service agents, and TSA air marshals—are still being paid and will receive expedited 'super checks' that include lost pay and overtime. DHS confirmed the payments while hundreds of thousands of other essential workers, such as air traffic controllers, are working without pay. Experts criticize the shutdown pay decisions as arbitrary and costly, with proposals emerging to create automatic budget extensions or multi-year budgets to avoid recurring disruptions.