Pentagon encourages civilian employees to join DHS immigration efforts

The Pentagon encourages its civilian employees to join a “volunteer force” helping immigration efforts from the Ministry of Internal Security, Fox News learned.

The Ministry of Defense informed its approximately 950,000 civilian employees in a Wednesday email, saying that they can apply to work with immigration and customs application (ICE) as well as customs and borders (CBP) protection on a temporary basis.

“DHS and the DOD have officially signed a (memorandum of understanding which allows DOD civilians to participate in details,” an American defense official told Fox News. “DOD civilian employees are now able to request these details via USAJOBS. The ministry expelled an email to civilian employees encouraging them to apply yesterday.”

The USAJOBS publication indicates that “in -depth overtime” can be required and that conditions in certain places could be “austere”. He adds that ice and CPB can pay for all basic wages, overtime, bonus wages and travel costs.

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The DHS seeks to strengthen its ranks in the midst of the immigration of President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

The list adds that deployment locations include installations along the American border or ice and CBP installations inside the United States.

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The Pentagon decision comes while the Ministry of Internal Security is already working to hire 10,000 additional full -time ice agents. Last week, the DHS praised some 100,000 requests it had received for the posts.

The agency of the security secretary Homeland Kristi Noem asked that the Pentagon informs its civilian employees of the opportunity to work with ICE and CBP. (Getty Images / Alex Brandon)

“Your country calls you to serve at Ice and defend the fatherland,” said the acting director of ice, Todd Lyons, in a press release earlier this month. “In the wake of open border policies of the Biden administration, dedicated ice men and women are now faced with unprecedented challenges to eliminate millions of illegal criminal foreigners from our country.”

“Thanks to the only great good bill, we now have funding to recruit and hire Americans who want to serve their country patriotically and protect American communities,” added Lyons.

Gregory Bovino, chief agent of the Patrol of the El Centro sector, walks with federal agents in the federal building of Edward R. Roybal, after the agents of the border patrol produced a demonstration of force outside the American National Japanese Museum where Governor Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference. (Getty Images / Carlin Stiehl)

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The recruitment reader occurs in the middle of what was an increase of at least 830% Assaults against agents In the midst of riots and demonstrations throughout the country, according to DHS data. Noem said earlier this month, this number had since increased by 1,000%.