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Immigration benefits agency now authorized to carry firearms and conduct raids

Ellsworth Toohey
Sep 04, 2025
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The National Guard at the federal building in Los Angeles, 2025 (Josiah True / Shutterstock.com)

Welcome to Trump's America, where every federal agency gets its own SWAT team and even the paper-pushers pack heat. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), America's formerly mild-mannered immigration paperwork processor, just joined Trump's ever-e…

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