DHS Secretary Kristi Noem signed a memo this week that deputizes up to 600 State Department officials to act as immigration officers, according to the department.

The Department of Homeland Security said in an announcement Thursday up to 600 special agents will now be able to assist with arrests and deportations.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she needed the tax agency's agents to crack down on illegal immigration.

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

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

The request marks the Trump administration’s latest effort to devote more federal resources to fulfill his campaign pledge to ...

Law enforcement officers for the Internal Revenue Service typically investigate tax-related crimes. Homeland Security ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has deputized State Department employees to carry out immigration enforcement duties, ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is asking the Internal Revenue Service for help in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Noem made the request to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ...

A newly publicized memo from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asks the IRS to deploy its agents to help with the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. The memo, first obtained ...