Trump’s Department of Homeland Security looking to deputize IRS agents for immigration enforcement
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sent a letter to U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent, asking that IRS agents be provided to assist with immigration and enforcement efforts.
US homeland chief seeks to deputize IRS agents for immigration enforcement
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to deputize some Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators and other Treasury Department personnel to perform immigration enforcement, according to a DHS document and an agency spokesperson.
Republicans once railed against armed IRS agents. Now they want them for immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against the IRS and its cadre of armed agents. Now the administration has big plans for them: It wants the agents to assist with immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security asks for IRS agents to be deputized to root out illegal migrants
Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem argued that DHS needs more resources to investigate the finances of businesses suspected of employing illegal migrants, as well as the money
Dept. of Homeland Security wants IRS to help with immigration enforcement
The request marks the Trump administration’s latest effort to devote more federal resources to fulfill his campaign pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.
Homeland Security secretary wants to deputize IRS workers for immigration enforcement, WSJ reports
Although the Internal Revenue Service has the responsibility of collecting taxes, some members of the department could soon have more duties added to their roles. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked the Department of the Treasury to deputize some law enforcement workers to assist with immigration enforcement in a memo obtained by the Wall Street Journal.
IRS agents are asked to help with immigration crackdown
In the memo, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to deputize IRS agents to help with immigration enforcement efforts across the country. That work could include auditing employers believed to have hired migrants living in the U.
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