Missouri Guard troops working with ICE won't be paid during shutdown

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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe deployed National Guard soldiers to support immigration enforcement.

The deployment coincided with a federal government shutdown, delaying pay for the volunteer soldiers.

The decision has drawn criticism from state Democrats, labor unions and the ACLU.

Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decision to deploy Missouri National Guard soldiers to support immigration enforcement “makes no sense” because they will not get paid until the federal government shutdown is resolved, the state Senate’s Democratic leader said Thursday, Oct. 2.

On Tuesday, Sept. 30, Kehoe announced that soldiers from the Guard would, on a volunteer basis, be assigned to provide administrative, clerical and logistical support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facilities in