By Jana Winter and Ted Hesson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is telling some federal law enforcement personnel, including Border Patrol agents and customs officers, that they will be paid during the government shutdown, according to internal correspondence seen by Reuters.

The messages to some employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection follow announcements from Trump’s administration that it will provide pay to military troops and FBI agents, even as hundreds of thousands of other federal employees go without pay during the shutdown, which started on October 1.

It was not clear what funding CBP would use to provide their pay.

CBP and its parent agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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