The Biden administration on Tuesday asked NASA employees if they would like to help voluntarily with overcrowded border facilities amid a rising migrant crisis that has overcrowded detention facilities with unaccompanied minors.
‘This event provides a continuum of childcare, including foster care, shelter and home care providers who provide temporary accommodation and to care for and place children without legal immigration status who have entered the country at the southern border. a parent or legal guardian, ‘reads an email sent to NASA workers.
Ken Klippenstein, The Intercept, shared a screenshot of the email for the first time on Tuesday afternoon. This is similar to previous jobs sent to federal employees by other agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The HHS requests that volunteers apply for a 120-day deployment detail that will send them to the Southwest border to provide immediate support for the care of detained migrant children and to act as interpreters if they have the required language proficiency has.
HHS ASK INVOLVED EMPLOYEES INVOLVED TO HELP WITH CHILD MIGRANTS
Young minors lie inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security, the main center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Donna, Texas. (AP Photo / Dario Lopez-Mills, pool)
The refundable details include travel, accommodation and daily expenses.
NASA and HHS did not immediately respond to Fox News’ requests for comment.
The call for help comes because the Biden government is struggling with an influx of migrants – especially underage minors – across the border.
DHS PRINCIPAL ASKS VOLUNTEERS TO HELP TOO SOUTHERN BORDER IN THE MIDDLE OF ‘OVERWHELMING’ MIGRAN CROSSING
Customs and border protection encountered more than 100,000 migrants in February, and there are currently more than 5,000 migrants in CBP custody and more than 11,000 in HHS custody.
CBP is opening several new facilities, including two in Carrizo Springs, Texas and one in San Diego, while also looking at military bases in Texas to accommodate migrant children as it struggles to find enough beds for them. And the Biden government also used the idea of using NASA facilities to house some of the influx.
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Critics blamed Biden for the crisis – noting his decision to end Trump’s border policies and his proposal to create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Meanwhile, Biden’s government blames former President Trump.
Biden’s secretary of home security, Alejandro Mayorkas, warned last month that the border could see more migrants than ever in the past 20 years.
But Biden later downplayed the concern, saying it was normal to see an increase in migrants between January and March.
Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.