DHS to Tap Multiple Offices to Provide Supplemental Staff for Border Patrol

Government Executive: The Trump administration announced on Wednesday it will deploy federal employees outside of their normal jobs to provide support to law enforcement personnel along the U.S.-Mexico border, conceding the moves will have negative impacts on operations at those workers’ home agencies.

The deployments became necessary due to an influx of Central American family units crossing the southern border and seeking asylum, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said at a press conference in El Paso, Texas.

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