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The Trump administration’s refocusing of federal resources on immigration has landed at the Chicago office of the IRS’ criminal investigation bureau, where agents accustomed to working complex financial cases are now being prepared for unprecedented special assignments to help track down immigrants without permanent legal status to live in the U.S., a memo obtained by the Tribune shows.
The communication sent to staff this week by Ramsey Covington, special agent in charge of the IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Chicago field office, said he was still “working to get legal advice/clarification” on the situation, but that as many as a dozen Chicago-based agents were expected to be detailed to the Department of Homeland Security’s local immigration efforts for up to six months.
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