As the Trump administration expands its crackdown on immigration , it’s pulling more and more agencies into the effort. The State Department’s law enforcement arm, the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), is now working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on immigration. DSS agents are taking part in immigration enforcement in the US, and, according to emails viewed by WIRED, are now being asked to log time they are spending on immigration enforcement.

DSS’s remit is limited in scope to specific issues like visa and passport fraud as well as the protection of the Secretary of State and foreign dignitaries visiting the US, according to its website and sources at the agency. DSS agents are based in US field offices, which are US-based State Department offices, and its embass

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