Thanks to the latest federal government shutdown, a chunk of workers across Maine will go without pay starting this week.

Agencies such as the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, and Federal Emergency Management Agency fall under the temporarily shuttered Department of Homeland Security. Many Mainers who work for them won’t collect a paycheck until Congress resolves a standoff over President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda.

Unlike last fall’s record 43-day shutdown that swept across the federal government, the impasse that began Saturday only affects Homeland Security funding. It stems from Democrats and the Trump administration remaining far apart over Immigration and Customs Enforcement reforms after federal agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minnesota last month.

Maine also saw a surge of ICE agents in the Portland and Lewiston areas last month before the Trump administration ended its ramped-up operation. However, ICE and Border Patrol agents continue to maintain a presence here. Immigration enforcement agencies are largely unaffected by the shutdown thanks to the billions of dollars in new funding they got last year from the Trump-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The more visible examples of Homeland Security-funded work in Maine, such as Coast Guard cutters breaking ice on the Kennebec River or TSA workers screening travelers at airports, will largely continue without interruption for now.

But a segment of Maine’s more than 11,000 federal civilian employees who work in airports, on Coast Guard boats and in FEMA offices will get no pay while clocking in as “essential” staff. Although federal officials did not immediately provide updated figures Tuesday, a TSA union leader said Maine has about 150 officers in the state.

Data from recent years indicates that Maine also has around 50 air traffic controllers at its airports, though they are not affected by this shutdown because they work under the Department of Transportation. The Portland International Jetport is having “no issues here at this time,” Zachary Sundquist, the assistant airport director, said Tuesday.

“Our federal partners have been amazing through these shutdowns, continuing to show up to keep the operation going,” Sundquist said.

But Bill Reiley, the regional vice president of the Local 2617 union that represents TSA officers in Maine and New England, said Tuesday that he and his colleagues now react to shutdowns like they are in the stages of grieving.

“Right now, we’re kind of in the first step. We’re in denial,” said Reiley, who works at the jetport. “We just can’t believe that this is happening again.”

Reiley said TSA employees are scheduled to receive their next paychecks two weeks from now, unless the shutdown continues.

TSA officials at the national level noted some workers are still recovering financially from last fall’s shutdown — though they will receive back pay once Congress approves DHS funding. Workers might also call out sick or take unscheduled leave if the current funding lapse drags on for weeks.

Regional spokespeople for the Coast Guard, which has more than 1,100 employees in its New England sector, did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday. Nor did FEMA officials. Other federal workers under Homeland Security’s umbrella in Maine are in less visible roles, such as those with the U.S. Secret Service office in Portland.

Much of Maine’s federal workforce is unaffected by the current shutdown, such as the nearly 3,500 civilian employees from Maine who work at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery.

But for those affected, there is no immediate end in sight. Congress is on recess and is not scheduled to return to Capitol Hill until next week.

Editor’s note: This story was updated Tuesday with the correct spelling of the last name of the Local 2617 union official.