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.
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.
IRS agents are asked to help with immigration crackdown
The Department of Homeland Security is asking for the Internal Revenue Service to help crack down on immigration, according to a memo viewed by The New York Times, a move that could suck resources away from the agency’s tax enforcement efforts.
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 asks for IRS agents to be deputized to root out illegal migrants
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has asked the Treasury Department to deputize some of its IRS agents and other law-enforcement personnel to root out illegal migrants. Noem fired off the request to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday and argued that DHS needs more resources to investigate the finances of businesses suspected of employing illegal migrants,
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