In the memo, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to deputize IRS agents to help with immigration enforcement efforts across the country. That work could include auditing employers believed to have hired migrants living in the U.

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 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.