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

On Sunday, multiple federal law enforcement agencies participated in an operation related to “immigration enforcement efforts” in Savannah, Cartersville and Atlanta, according to a post on X by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Atlanta.

The directive allows federal law enforcement agents to carry out immigration-related enforcement actions that are usually reserved for officials under DHS.

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

The U.S. Department of Justice has rescinded job offers to law students who were set to join the agency this year, a move some legal educators called a "heartbreaking" and "cruel" outcome for soon-to-be attorneys who want to work for the government.

The number of arrests there was uncertain. Illinois officials, including the governor, said they had not been given advance notice.

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration

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 enforcementin the nation’s third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the country.

The Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement blitz nationwide ... were joined Sunday by officials from multiple Justice Department agencies as they targeted what they said are ...

The frenetic speed and scale of leadership changes that the Trump administration has made at the Justice Department in its first eight days indicate the degree to which it intends to remake not just the political direction of the department, but also the makeup of its senior career ranks.