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May 2, 2025

Trump Drafts U.S. Postal Inspection Service Officers as Immigration Enforcers
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The Washington Post reports the Trump administration has tapped officers
with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to help federal immigration
officials locate undocumented immigrants using data from mail and
packages. Video of a weekend raid in Colorado Springs confirms that
postal inspectors joined officers from other law enforcement agencies,
including ICE, the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service, as they
arrested more than 100 undocumented immigrants on Sunday. It's the first
time the Postal Inspection Service has been used for immigration
enforcement since it was founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1775.


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