Pentagon encourages civilian staff to hitch DHS immigration efforts

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The Pentagon is encouraging its civilian staff to hitch a "volunteer drive" helping the Division of Homeland Safety's immigration efforts, Fox Information has realized.

The Defense Department notified its roughly 950,000 civilian staff in a Wednesday e-mail, saying they will apply to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in addition to Customs and Border Safety (CBP) on a brief foundation.

"DHS and the DOD formally signed a [memorandum of agreement] that enables DOD civilians to take part within the element," a U.S. protection official advised Fox Information. "DOD civilian staff are actually in a position to apply for these particulars through USAJOBS. The Division pushed out an e-mail to civilians staff encouraging them to use yesterday."

The USAJOBS posting says "intensive time beyond regulation" could also be required and situations at some places may very well be "austere." It provides that ICE and CPB could pay for all base pay, time beyond regulation, premium pay, and journey bills.

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The DHS is seeking to bolster its ranks amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. (Getty Pictures)

The itemizing provides that deployment places embrace services alongside the U.S. border, or ICE and CBP services all through the inside of the USA.

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The Pentagon's transfer comes because the Department of Homeland Security is already working to rent 10,000 further full-time ICE officers. Final week, the DHS touted some 100,000 functions it had obtained for the posts.

Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem's company requested that the Pentagon notify its civilian staff of the chance to work with ICE and CBP. (Getty Pictures/Alex Brandon)

"Your nation is looking on you to serve at ICE and defend the Homeland," Appearing ICE Director Todd Lyons mentioned in a press release earlier this month. "Within the wake of the Biden administration’s open border insurance policies, the devoted women and men of ICE now face unprecedented challenges in eradicating hundreds of thousands of legal unlawful aliens from our nation."

"Because of the One Huge Stunning Invoice, we now have funding to recruit and rent People who need to patriotically serve their nation and shield American communities," Lyons added.

<img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1200/675/bovino-immigration-agents-in-california.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="Gregory Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro Sector and Commander-Operation At Large CA (center), marches with federal agents to the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building after US Border Patrol agents produced a show of force outside the Japanese American National Museum where Gov. Newsom was holding a redistricting press conference." width="1200" height="675"/> Gregory Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro Sector and Commander-Operation At Massive CA (middle), marches with federal brokers to the Edward R. Roybal Federal Constructing after US Border Patrol brokers produced a present of drive exterior the Japanese American Nationwide Museum the place Gov. Newsom was holding a redistricting press convention. (Getty Pictures/Carlin Stiehl)

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The recruitment drive comes amid what has been at the least an 830% improve in assaults on agents amid riots and protests all through the nation, in line with DHS knowledge. Noem mentioned earlier this month that quantity has since spiked to 1,000%.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox Information Digital masking nationwide politics and main breaking information occasions. Ship tricks to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.