The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for assistance in bolstering immigration enforcement efforts. In a memorandum from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the department urges Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to authorize IRS agents to support immigration-related operations nationwide. Consequently, the IRS agents tapped to assist DHS would likely come from the tax agency’s criminal division, including armed agents who often execute agency raids against heavily armed and dangerous individuals.
The memo suggests that some IRS personnel could be drawn from the tax division and used to audit employers suspected of hiring unauthorized migrants and probing human trafficking activities. With an approximate workforce of 100,000 employees, the IRS includes over 2,100 law enforcement officers trained in investigating tax violations and financial crimes.
“It is DHS’s understanding that the Department of the Treasury has qualified law enforcement personnel available to assist with immigration enforcement,” Noem stated in her communication, referencing recent expansions in the IRS’s workforce and budget. She notes the DHS’s authorization to enlist other law enforcement bodies to participate in immigration enforcement.
Some on the political left believe the move is meant to divert and reduce the IRS agent expansion authorized by former President Joe Biden. However, what Democrat critics of Trump continually fail to acknowledge is that the agency has well-trained and armed criminal division agents who are more than able to assist with DHS immigration enforcement actions while the IRS continues its more routine work of tax return processing and tax audits.
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