The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service is reportedly aiding federal immigration efforts to find people in the U.S. illegally. According to the Washington Post, the Postal Inspection Service has joined a Department of Homeland Security task force. The PIS may provide photographs of the outsides of envelopes and packages, account data and IP addresses, among other information.

The Postal Inspection Service normally is responsible for maintaining the safety of the mail system. On its website, the agency says “The Postal Inspection Service enforces over 200 federal statutes related to crimes that involve the postal system, its employees, and its customers.” Sources tell the Post that USPS officials agreed to participate in the program because they were afraid the Trump administration could seize control of the USPS.

Postal inspectors participated in a recent drug enforcement and immigration raid in Colorado Springs, according to video posted on social media, X. An image from that video is shown above.

The USPS did not comment to the Washington Post, but in a statement, a senior Homeland Security official said collaboration with the Postal Inspection Service was “a key part of ensuring law enforcement has the resources they need to fulfill President Trump’s promise to the American people to remove violent criminals from our streets, dismantle drug and human trafficking operations and make America safe again.”

“The Inspection Service is very, very nervous about this,” one of the people familiar with the matter told the newspaper. “They seem to be trying to placate Trump by getting involved with things they think he’d like.”

“This is the Postal Service,” the person said. “Why are they involved in deporting people?”