IRS under a microscope as agents tapped for border

Homeland Security Turns to IRS Agents

Can the IRS administer tax filing season, enforce the law, and assist the Trump administration’s border enforcement effort, all with potentially fewer employees after the culling of the federal workforce under Trump adviser Elon Musk? We may be about to find out.

The Trump administration is seeking to use IRS criminal agents to help with deportations and other immigration matters, according to two recent memos.

In one, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asking him to select IRS officials to help with deportations and investigations of illegal hiring, smuggling, and ...