ICE and Border Patrol officials are expected in court on Monday to after a judge last week demanded the agency answer questions about its operations in Chicago.

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.

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.

Its agents are immigration officers, like officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, which is also part of the Department of Homeland Security. While ICE has traditionally operated in the country, Border Patrol’s focus is the 6,000 miles of international border and a zone of about 100 miles inland.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Department of Homeland Security's officers will be paid during the government shutdown.

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,

As Border Patrol agents continue to invade the city of Chicago, a pattern of excessive force and wrongful arrests of Black teens emerges.