ICE agents cannot be paid for long during a DHS shutdown

Donald Trump has attempted to "insulate" all ICE agents from government shutdowns, by putting them at the same level as members of Congress and Federal Judges. Their payment must not be delayed, because they are so "essential", even if the majority of the US population see them as little better than Gestapo agents, acting violently and extra-legally. This is really the trap that the Republicans are falling into. Kristi Noem is going to try to keep paying ICE agents during a government DHS shutdown, and, after a while, the Democrats are going to see that ICE are so unpopular, that the courts simply will not dare to support ICE. In any case, the entire principle of a government shutdown is to keep the government solvent by not spending money during it, so, paying ICE during a shutdown is totally inconsistent with this principle, even if ICE were really "essential", which they most certainly are not! Pure legal garbage, from Trump, as per usual!