President Donald Trump granted deportation powers to a variety of federal law enforcement agencies as he gears up for a promised mass deportation plan.

In a memo from acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman, obtained by the Wall Street Journal, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the U.S. Marshals Service are among the agencies being granted deportation powers. According to a person familiar with the matter, Trump administration officials are planning on borrowing agents from the Justice Department to carry out deportation plans.

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