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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graig Graziosi

DEA agents now have the power to make arrests for deportations – as Trump spreads federal authority to push his plans

Donald Trump is reportedly trying to extend deportation power to federal agents outside of the Department of Homeland Security.

The Wall Street Journal reportedly viewed a memo from acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman saying that the department plans to extend immigration-enforcement powers to agents at the Justice Department, which oversees the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and the US Marshals Service.

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