Trump issues shock threat to 90,000 new IRS staff as he reveals where they may end up working under him
By ISHITA SRIVASTAVA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 18:56 EST, 25 January 2025 | Updated: 20:11 EST, 25 January 2025
Donald Trump has revealed what could be the fate of nearly 90,000 newly hired Internal Revenue Service (IRS) staff, suggesting he might 'move them to the border'.
Hours after he was handed over the presidency, the Republican leader signed an executive order to stop the hiring of all federal civilian employees until 'his Administration can determine that it is in the national interest to do so'.
Apart from the IRS, the decision is temporary for all other federal offices. He also froze funding for the Inflation Reduction Act commonly known as the bipartisan infrastructure law.
President Trump's order has since thrown the future of about 87,000 new IRS agents who had been hired for the 2022 Act into jeopardy.
According to Forbes, they were meant to 'focus on work pursuing high-wealth individuals, complex partnerships, and large corporations that do not pay taxes owed'.
However while speaking to a crowd of roughly 2,000 people at the Circa Resort & Casino in downtown Las Vegas today, he said they may be 'moved to the border'.
'They hired - were trying to hire 88,000 new workers to go with you, and we're in the process of developing a plan to either terminate all of them or maybe we move them to the border,' the President said amongst cheers.
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