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Trump Drafts U.S. Postal Inspection Service Officers as Immigration Enforcers

HeadlineMay 02, 2025

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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