The Red Cross, a nonprofit organization that receives significant federal funding to assist people in emergency and disaster situations, has poured money into creating and printing guides that coach immigrants outside the United States on how to travel most effectively to the southern border.

The guides, which were revealed by the Daily Caller News Foundation, show Red Cross entities the American Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross were behind a campaign to disseminate detailed instructions for how immigrants from all over the world can most efficiently navigate several thousand miles of land on the way to America, including how to safely jump on freight trains headed to the U.S. border.

The documents do not instruct immigrants to break federal laws imposed by Congress, which make illegally entering the country a federal offense. However, the maps and guides lead immigrants to multiple points that dead-end at the U.S. border and come at a time when a record-high 5 million immigrants have been apprehended illegally entering the country in a two-year period.

It is unclear whether federal taxpayer dollars were used to coach immigrants on how to get to the border. Such an action would mean the organization tasked with spending federal dollars used them to incentivize noncitizens to enter the U.S. illegally.

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In late February, the Department of Homeland Security and its Federal Emergency Management Agency announced they would shift $350 million to the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, which goes to organizations that house, feed, and transport illegal immigrants released into border communities.

The omnibus spending legislation passed last December mandated that U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the parent agency of Border Patrol, shift $800 million to FEMA to create the program and fund additional shelter initiatives for immigrants at the border.

A statement from DHS indicates that the $350 million made available last month was supposed to cover costs "incurred by localities and non-governmental organizations that assist screened and vetted noncitizens provisionally released from DHS custody pending the outcome of their immigration court proceedings."

The American Red Cross sits on the EFSP board that's tasked with allocating funds to groups supporting immigrants.

The documents printed by the Red Cross list dozens of stops that immigrants can count on for resources and help on their way to the U.S.

"Find out about the routes, transport, hostels and consulates of your country before leaving," the guide reads. "Share your travel plan with your family. During your trip, inform your relatives who you are traveling with and where you are. In case of an emergency, it will help with your search."

Other parts of the fold-up guide tell women and girls how to obtain contraceptives to avoid or respond to sexual encounters.

A detailed map shows lodging, shelters, and medical facilities where immigrants can be seen across the 2,000-mile distance from southern Central America all the way to northwestern Mexico.

The maps also show five train routes and teach immigrants how to jump on freight trains safely to get free transportation to the U.S. The trains end at the following U.S. border areas: El Centro, California, Yuma, Arizona, El Paso, Texas, Del Rio, Laredo, and the Rio Grande Valley.

Some immigrants who illegally cross the border surrender to Border Patrol in the hopes of being released into the country without being returned. Other immigrants attempt to evade law enforcement. Being released into the U.S. does not require initially making an asylum request despite immigrant advocacy groups often describing illegal immigrants as "asylum seekers."

A spokesperson for the Red Cross entities told the Washington Examiner in an email Thursday afternoon that its efforts are part of the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement and "neither prevents nor encourages migration." The organization didn't address a question on whether federal funds were used.

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"We aim to help prevent and mitigate the humanitarian consequences that migration can bring — including separation and loss of family contacts, disappearances, serious medical issues and even death," the organization wrote in an email. "Our approach to migrants is strictly humanitarian. We provide information about ways to reduce risk and where to find lifesaving assistance in Mexico and Central America."

The DHS did not respond to requests for comment.