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Federal workers begin to feel pain of shutdown as 800,000 lose their paychecks

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Adjunct associate professor, Boston University
Families are feeling the pinch of the government shutdown.AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

President Donald Trump wants US$5.7 billion to fund a border wall to keep out undocumented immigrants and “criminals.” Democrats in Congress say the wall is a waste of money that wouldn’t solve any of America’s actual immigration programs.

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