Government calls on all federal workers to help with unaccompanied migrant children
Immigration
Agency says workers will be screened to ensure 'children are safe'
by: Sandra Sanchez
Posted: Apr 8, 2021 / 03:40 PM GMT-0600 / Updated: Apr 8, 2021 / 06:19 PM GMT-0600
Unaccompanied migrant children are seen being apprehended before dawn on April 6, 2021, in La Joya, Texas. (Border Report Photo/Sandra Sanchez)
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated with a comment from Department of Health and Human Services and a website link for federal employee applicants to apply.)
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — As an unprecedented number of unaccompanied migrant youth continue to stream across the Southwest border, the federal government has put out an all-call for workers who can help process the children, and normal background checks might be waived, according to a letter obtained by Border Report.
The March 25 letter by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and OPM are partnering to entice federal workers “to serve up to a 120-day voluntary deployment detail†helping the unaccompanied migrant children.
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