What happens when the US federal government shuts down?

What happens during a US government shutdown?The Indy

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00:00We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible.

00:03What will happen now that there's a US government shutdown?

00:07All government workers deemed non-essential

00:10can be told not to report for work and are not paid during the shutdown.

00:14Potentially every non-emergency federal government institution can get shut down.

00:19Previous shutdowns have affected food programs for low-income families,

00:23federally funded preschools and trash collection.

00:26National parks and museums could shut and immigration decisions could grind to a halt.

00:32President Trump has suggested vast numbers of people could be laid off.

00:37Cutting vast numbers of people out.

00:39But federal law enforcers, CIA, border control, hospital workers,

00:44air traffic control and the military all keep working.

00:49And ICE operations are likely to be deemed essential by the president,

00:53given his ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration.

00:56The last government shutdown took place under the first Trump administration back in 2019.

01:02That shutdown, the longest ever, was brought to an end after long lines at airports

01:08caused by unpaid security and air traffic controllers missing shifts

01:12became symbolic of a country brought to its knees.

01:16Similar pressure this time could force President Trump to make a deal with Congress.