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US Justice Dept to ramp up staffing for immigration cases

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote a memo to department staff on Thursday .

The directive is designed to boost staffing for cases involving illegal entry into the United States , drug and human trafficking and activity by drug cartels.

The exemption from the hiring freeze will apply to U.S. attorney's offices in Texas , Arizona , New Mexico and southern California .

Blanche urged lawyers at Justice Department's Washington headquarters to voluntarily accept transfers to border districts.

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