The Trump administration is empowering law enforcement agents across the Department of Justice (DOJ) with immigration enforcement authorities. A new

Kristi Noem joined the operations just days after she was confirmed by the Senate to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

The Department of Homeland Security is allowing certain law enforcement components from the Department of Justice to carry out the "functions" of an immigration officer.

The average cost to ICE to deport a single person during the Biden administration was about $10,500, sources told NBC News.

According to Bernard Zapor, a former Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in Phoenix, it is common for federal agencies to collaborate on criminal investigations, particularly when they involve drug trafficking, weapons, or violations of immigration laws.

The Department of Homeland Security has authorized law enforcement agents from across the federal government to partake in "investigating, determining the location of, and apprehending" undocumented migrants,

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s stepped-up arrests continued Tuesday, with newly sworn-in Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem personally taking part in an operation targeting New York City.

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman on Thursday deputized agents and officers at the Justice Department to help in making immigration arrests, creating a force multiplier as President Trump seeks to carry out his promise of mass deportations.

CHICAGO — Top Trump administration officials, including “border czar” Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general, visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement in the nation’s third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the country.

Secretary Kristi Noem was in New York City Tuesday morning, accompanying agents carrying out an immigration enforcement operation.  Noem, who was confirmed as

Kristi Noem's ICE raid photo-op sparked backlash as social media mocked her "ICE Barbie" look, while immigration arrests surge under Trump's administration.

The Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago on Sunday that includes several federal agencies that have been granted additional authorities to arrest undocumented immigrants in the US,