Like previous government shutdowns, the one that ended this week didn’t halt federal agencies’ work across the board. Some things were paused; others kept chugging along.
Immigration enforcement, for example, was largely unaffected. The Trump administration shuffled funding to pay federal law enforcement officers, including those working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. This allowed enforcement surges to continue in places like Chicago, where federal agents shot a woman and arrested another woman at a day care, a location that had traditionally been off-limits. Agents also targeted Portland, where costumed protestors faced off with authorities outside an ICE facility. Washington County, part of the Portland metro area, declared a state of emergency over immigration enforcement.

