DHS Expands Immigration Enforcement to Include US Marshals, DEA, ATF

The DHS directive follows President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S. southern border.

Customs and Border Protection agents check pedestrians as they exit Mexico into the customs area of the United States on the east side of the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 19, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Benjamine Huffman issued a directive on Thursday authorizing more federal law enforcement officers to locate and arrest illegal immigrants in the United States.

The mandate grants authority to Department of Justice (DOJ) law enforcement officials in the U.S. Marshals, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to investigate and apprehend illegal immigrants.