President Donald Trump is keeping his favorite areas of government—immigration enforcement and trade talks—fully operational as all else grinds to a shutdown.

Agencies have labeled the work as “essential” or tucked it under already-approved pots of money, so the president’s signature priorities continue, even while routine services stall, according to planning documents and official briefings reported by Politico.

The outlet reports that the Department of Homeland Security expects to keep the vast majority of its workforce on the job, meaning Border Patrol and ICE operations will grind on with limited interruption.

DHS’s own lapse plan shows more than 250,000 employees retained across components, with fee-funded operations—like many at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services—and reve

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