"Special Agents remain at work for the American people without being paid, and FBI leadership is doing all it can to fund FBI operations with increasingly limited resources - this situation is not sustainable," the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) said in a statement. The association represents the nearly 13,000 active special agents - the FBI's core investigation force that probes everything from violent and financial crimes to espionage and terrorism. The FBIAA warned in a petition to the White House and Congressional leaders that not receiving pay checks from January 11 due to the shutdown could damage the finances of agents. "The ongoing financial insecurity caused by the failure to fund the FBI could lead some FBI Agents to consider career options that provide more stability for their families," it added. That has meant potentially unpaid furloughs for 800,000 federal workers and millions of contract workers.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 11, 2019 14:15 UTC