Eight hundred thousand government workers’ lives have been thrown into disarray by the shutdown, with 380,000 workers on furlough and 420,000 who have worked without pay since December 22.
The American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE, says it is illegal for federal workers to work without pay.
A US term: a furlough is the temporary laying-off of employees, usually because there is insufficient work to occupy them.
President Trump wants 5 billion from the public to build his border wall that he said the Mexicans would pay for as an election promise.
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