Overview

• Defense Department emails and a USAJobs listing are soliciting volunteers from the Pentagon’s civilian workforce for deployments to ICE and CBP sites along the border and across the interior.
• Volunteers would handle data entry, operational planning that supports internal arrests and raids, processing and throughput logistics, and broader logistical support, without performing arrests.
• The listing describes up to 180-day assignments with non-negotiable locations, possible austere conditions, and potential deployment within 96 hours of approval.
• Travel, lodging and per diem may be reimbursed but relocation is not; no security clearance or drug test is required, the salary range is about $25,684 to $191,900, and extensive overtime and heavy travel are expected.
• A defense official confirmed 180-day details as reporting also cites an earlier 120-day authorization, and the Pentagon has not disclosed expected participation while ICE expands hiring and detention capacity.