As the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to curb illegal immigration, the president is continuing to sign a series of executive orders paving the way for his mass deportation efforts. In the latest batch, the new president is seeking to expand deportation powers to a plethora of federal agents to help these operations happen swiftly.
In a new memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal and sent by acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman, the DHS grants immigration-enforcement authority to several agencies at the Justice Department, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Marshals Service.
