DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sent a letter to U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent, asking that IRS agents be provided to assist with immigration and enforcement efforts.

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.

Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem argued that DHS needs more resources to investigate the finances of businesses suspected of employing illegal migrants, as well as the money

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.

Changes to hiring and retention practices grew the department by 19,000 people in four years. But former officials warn that's still not enough for Trump's ambitious policy goals.