At least 550 DHS employees have filled temporary volunteer assignments along southern border

Federal News Network: Several hundred employees from other components within the Department of Homeland Security have been temporarily detailed so far to help with the agency’s response along the U.S. southern border.

Specifically, 551 DHS employees have deployed as part of a relatively new volunteer program, which the department stood up this spring to assist Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement with their workload on the southern border.

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