The Department of Homeland Security is asking for the Internal Revenue Service to help crack down on immigration, according to a memo viewed by The New York Times, a move that could suck resources away from the agency’s tax enforcement efforts.

The request comes as Trump boasts about curtailing the IRS, whose agents focus on tax violations and other financial crimes.

Reminiscent of US President Donald Trump's tough immigration crackdown, the United Kingdon's Labour government has launched a mass raids on illegal working in the country.

The request marks the Trump administration’s latest effort to devote more federal resources to fulfill his campaign pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to deputize some Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators and other Treasury Department personnel to perform immigration enforcement, according to a DHS document and an agency spokesperson.

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.

The Trump administration has asked the Department of Treasury to deputize Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents to help with deporting undocumented immigrants, multiple outlets reported. The big picture: President Trump unleashed sweeping limits on immigration and asylum upon taking office last month,