President Donald J. Trump‘s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is moving to ramp up deportations and immigration enforcement actions as part of the America First leaders’s broader border security and illegal immigration crackdown. As part of the effort, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed an order deputizing around 600 State Department Security Service employees to assist in the arrest and separation of foreign nationals illegally residing in the United States.

“Under President Trump, DHS will utilize all available resources to secure our border and remove criminal illegal aliens from our country,” Noem declared in a statement. She added: “The safety of American citizens comes first.”

The National Pulse previously reported that some employees in the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations division have been deputized, primarily assisting in the investigation and dismantling of organized and dangerous illegal immigrant gangs like Tren de Aragua. Additionally, a number of Department of Justice (DOJ) law enforcement personnel and individuals with the Texas Attorney General’s Office have been called to assist with DHS immigration enforcement operations.

In a recent statement, Noem noted the Treasury Department’s readiness to support immigration enforcement. Recent workforce and budget enhancements have rendered IRS personnel available to assist. Reports indicate a significant rise in interior arrests compared to the same timeframe in the previous year. DHS data shows a 137 percent increase, with 11,791 interior ICE arrests recorded from January 20 to February 8, compared to 4,969 in 2024.

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