For years, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against the IRS and its cadre of armed agents.

The request comes as Trump boasts about curtailing the IRS, whose agents focus on tax violations and other financial crimes.

The secretary asked Bessent for IRS investigators who could help her department determine whether certain money flowed to human trafficking networks, or whether businesses employ illegal migrants.

The Department of Homeland Security has requested that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent deputize law enforcement officers, including IRS criminal investigators, to assist in immigration enforcement.

“It is D.H.S.’s understanding that the Department of the Treasury has qualified law enforcement personnel available to assist ...

The Department of Homeland Security is seeking the assistance of the IRS to help expel illegal immigrants from the country. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is asking the Treasury Department to deputize ...

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Closing the agency was a major recommendation in the conservative manifesto, Project 2025, and Vought, as one of the document ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national ...

Gov. Kristi Noem presents her annual budget address to lawmakers in the South Dakota State Capitol on Dec. 3, 2024. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota Republican Gov.