Secretary Kristi Noem at DHS requested the use of IRS agents from the Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent to aid ICE with mass deportations.
She asked Secretary Bessent to deputize IRS agents who are qualified law enforcement personnel to assist ICE.
ICE needs more bodies.
Bill Melugin reported
The Trump admin is seeking to deputize IRS agents to carry out illegal immigration enforcement with ICE in the U.S. interior. In a letter to Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent, DHS Sec. @KristiNoem writes that IRS agents are needed to assist w/apprehension & removal of illegal aliens. A senior DHS official tells me they expect the request to be granted.
The Letter
“It is DHS’s understanding that the Department of the Treasury has qualified law enforcement personnel available to assist with immigration enforcement, especially in light of recent increases to the Internal Revenue Service’s work force and budget. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a DHS component, has the following needs…”
“This letter requests that you make qualified officials from the Department of the Treasury available to work with ICE and that you consent to those officials being deputized to perform immigration functions pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(6).”
President Trump has said the IRS agents have guns, and they’re trained. He wondered why they were being wasted. His first thought was to put them on the border.
BREAKING: The Trump admin is seeking to deputize IRS agents to carry out illegal immigration enforcement with ICE in the U.S. interior. In a letter to Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent, DHS Sec. @KristiNoem writes that IRS agents are needed to assist w/ apprehension & removal of… pic.twitter.com/hpxPQcMhWV
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) February 10, 2025
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It’s called marshaling your resources. A good leader uses whatever resources he has at his disposal. I still see tamale Theresa selling her food from the trunk of her car. A car nicer than mine BTW. I also still see the scores of day labor migrants in the Home Depot parking lot. Has anybody heard if the illegal’s debit cards and food stamps are zeroed out yet?
Trump’s people are job focused and creative. Finall a government that works!
I’m in total agreement with securing the border and ridding us of people who entered the country illegally but…..I’m not getting a warm and cozy feeling with armed IRS agents rounding people up. Could this be a slippery slope? Wouldn’t our military be an appropriate option instead? Why not just cut off their freebies? They’d probably self deport on their own.