The Trump administration is looking to deputize Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents to take on and assist with illegal immigration enforcement efforts, according to a senior official with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

DHS sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent requesting that the IRS provide agents to be used for immigration enforcement efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The senior DHS official said the expectation is that the request will be approved.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who signed the letter, said President Donald Trump directed her agency to “take all appropriate action to supplement available personnel to secure the southern border and enforce the immigration laws of the United States,” even through use of the agency’s authority to deputize federal employees to perform immigration functions.

Nearly 1,000 people were arrested Saturday morning, according to the ICE. (ICE)

“This letter requests that you make qualified officials from the Department of the Treasury available to work with ICE and that you consent to those officials being deputized to perform immigration functions,” Noem wrote, thanking Bessent for the opportunity to partner together to work toward implementing Trump’s agenda.

The DHS and IRS did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.

While the IRS is responsible for collecting taxes and enforcing related laws, its criminal investigators also work to uncover drug trafficking, money laundering and corruption.