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- President Donald Trump posed with Border Patrol agents during his Thursday visit to the US-Mexico border in Texas.
- On Wednesday, the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents employees ad federal agencies including Customs and Border Protection, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the partial government shutdown.
- Two plaintiffs are Customs and Border Protection officers.
- "The FLSA guarantees, for employees falling within its coverage, the on-time payment of any minimum wage and overtime wages earned," the lawsuit claims. "If those wages are earned, but not paid out, on the employee’s corresponding regularly scheduled payday, the FLSA has been violated."
President Donald Trump visited the US-Mexico border in Texas, on Thursday, where he met and posed with Customs and Border Protection officers. The trip was part of his push for a barrier at the southern border.
Trump's desire for a wall or barrier at the border led to a partial government shutdown — which has been ongoing for nearly a month. In December after initially signaling that he would sign a stopgap measure to fund the remaining government agencies until February 8, Trump changed course and said he would not sign a bill unless it had $5.7 billion for a border wall. The plan did not have support in the Republican-led Senate and on December 22, a partial government shutdown began.
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- Mayor of McAllen, Texas, where Trump is visiting, doesn't support the president's border wall
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