The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) secretary deputized up to 600 law enforcement officers from the State Department to become immigration enforcement officers, according to a memo signed on Tuesday and a news release.
“I hereby authorize the special agents of the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) to perform the following functions of an immigration officer,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote in her memo.
The functions include investigating, apprehending, and determining the location of illegal immigrants, as well as enforcing requirements of related immigration statutes or regulations, according to the directive.
In the memo, Noem also thanked the DSS staff for the “opportunity to partner together as the entire administration works to implement” President Donald Trump’s policies and agenda….