WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against the IRS and its cadre of armed agents. Now the administration has big plans for them: It wants the agents to assist with immigration enforcement.

Although the Internal Revenue Service has the responsibility of collecting taxes, some members of the department could soon have more duties added to their roles. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked the Department of the Treasury to deputize some law enforcement workers to assist with immigration enforcement in a memo obtained by the Wall Street Journal.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is requesting IRS agents help find businesses hiring workers illegally and help with other immigration tasks.

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

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.

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

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 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 its IRS agents to help augment the Trump administration's efforts to carry out more deportations.

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 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.