Shawn Byers, deputy field office director for ICE, said no cameras have been worn by ICE agents working at a facility in Broadview that has been the site of protests.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has promised tens of thousands of federal agents carrying out his immigration crackdown that they will be paid during the government shutdown, according to emails seen by Reuters, even as other federal workers go without pay.

For hours, a judge questioned officials at the heart of the government's immigration enforcement operation in Chicago on Monday.

The memo issued by the agency’s top human resources officer on Wednesday said the White House had directed DHS to continue “timely payment” to Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, even though federal funding had lapsed.

Over 250,000 Americans have applied to become federal law enforcement with the Department of Homeland Security’s Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Washington Examiner has learned.

A Democrat New York congressman is calling on the NYPD to arrest and prosecute ICE agents who engage in “unlawful actions” during federal immigration crackdowns in the city.

Trump’s administration will pay tens of thousands of ICE and CBP agents during the shutdown, shielding them from missed pay as other federal workers go unpaid. US PresidentDonald Trump's administration has promised tens of thousands of federal agents carrying out his immigration crackdown that they will be paid during the government shutdown,

The Trump administration's mass deportation crackdown has sent waves through sanctuary cities Chicago and Portland in recent weeks.