Several Quaker groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security over Trump’s decision to end ICE’s prohibition on operating in churches, alleging Tru

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem recently reached out to Scott Bessent, head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to request the use of IRS investigators to assist with the Trump administration’s mass deportation plan.

WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security has asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to deputize some law-enforcement workers, including IRS criminal investigators, to assist in immigration enforcement,

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

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.

Law enforcement officers for the Internal Revenue Service typically investigate tax-related crimes. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sent a

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.

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.

The Trump administration is asking the Treasury Department to deputize some of its law enforcement agents to help carry out the president's mass deportation plans. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.