Developing: Trump’s Pentagon authorized its civilian employees to assist with “border security” operations for the Department of Homeland Security. The authorization was requested by DHS and paves the way for DOD civilian “volunteers” to assist with the White House’s immigration enforcement plans, according to Fox . The order was signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and released publicly Monday along with a statement from Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, who described the effort as “temporary assignments…in support of critical ongoing operations.”

Fine print: “Detail assignments may be either reimbursable or non-reimbursable,” according to the memo.

What does that mean exactly? It’s not yet entirely clear; but Hegseth suggested civilian employees’ bosses “should consider fac

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