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Remember those 90,000 Internal Revenue Service agents that the agency sought to hire during the Biden presidency? It appears they might have new jobs soon.
President Donald Trump on Saturday floated the idea of sending the newly-hired IRS agents to the southern border to help efforts to address the migrant crisis that began under Biden’s administration.
DuringarallyatCircaResort&CasinoinLasVegas,Trumpindicatedhewasconsideringsuchamove.“Theyhired,ortriedtohire,88,000workerstogoafteryouandwe’reintheprocessofdevelopingaplantoeitherterminateallofthem,ormaybewe’llmovethemtotheborder,”hedeclared.
Thepresidentfurthernotedthathemightmovetheagentstotheborder“wheretheyareallowedtocarryguns.”
Shortlyaftertakingoffice,Trumpissuedanexecutiveorderimposingahiringfreezeacrossseveralfederalagencies,includingtheIRS.ThefreezewillremainineffectfortheIRSuntiltheSecretaryoftheTreasurydeterminesthatliftingthemoratoriumisinthe“nationalinterest.”
TheIRSin2023announceditwaslookingforIRSemployeeswhoareauthorizedtocarryfirearmstoaidini