The Shutdown Makes Trump’s Priorities Painfully Clear
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees will stop receiving paychecks, but deportations of Mauritanians continue.
During the government shutdown, the Secret Service is President Donald Trump and his administration without pay—yet the deportation of Africans continues apace. This week, 800,000 federal employees are expected to stop receiving paychecks, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement is shelling out for a pricey in an effort to remove a small handful of Mauritanian immigrants, perhaps as few as two.
