President Trump was not kidding when he suggested sending thousands of IRS agents to go after illegal aliens rather than watching them harass middle-class taxpayers.
Jim Hoft reported last month that Trump floated the idea of thousands of IRS agents to the southern border during a rally at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“On day one, I automatically halted the hiring of any new IRS agents,” the president told his supporters. “You know they hired, or tried to hire, 88,000 new workers to go after you.”
“And we’re in the process of developing a plan to either terminate all of them or maybe we’ll move them to the border,” he added.
Now the Trump Administration is putting one into action, but focused on the interior instead to help out ICE. Fox News’ Bill Melugin obtained a February 7 letter DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sent to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, which seeks to deputizing and deploying IRS agents to assist ICE in the U.S. interior to help round up illegals.
In the letter, Noem argues that IRS agents are absolutely necessary to secure the detainment and deportation of illegal aliens.
“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,” her letter reads in part. “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),” the letter adds.
Here is the full letter (note the section on “removal” on the second page as one area where ICE needs help):
There are 2,290 special agents at the IRS’ criminal-investigation division, according to Newsmax, which marks a 10% increase since 2022. But Noem’s request may not be limited to just this group.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Noem’s request is part of a broader effort by the Republican administration to deputize law-enforcement officials across multiple federal agencies. These include the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the U.S. Marshals Service.
