Trump Says He May Send Nearly 90,000 Newly Hired IRS Agents to Border
Anna Young, New York Post, January 25, 2025
President Trump said Saturday he is considering sending nearly 90,000 newly hired Internal Revenue Service agents to guard the southern border, just days after he issued an indefinite hiring freeze on the federal agency.
The 47th commander-in-chief told a boisterous crowd of supporters that he could also fire the IRS employees, many of whom had salaries funded by $72 billion provided for the federal agency under the Inflation Reduction Act.
“They hired, or tried to hire, 88,000 workers to go after you and we’re in the process of developing a plan to either terminate all of them, or maybe we’ll move them to the border,” he said during a rally at Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
“I think we’re going to move them to the border where they are allowed to carry guns. You know, they’re so strong on guns. But these people are allowed to carry guns. So we will probably move them to the border.”
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The 90-day freeze will impact all federal agencies, including the IRS, which will halt all hirings until Trump’s administration, including the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), determines when it’s in the national interest to employ additional agents and staffers.
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