US EditionIRS begins sharing sensitive taxpayer data with immigration authorities to find undocumented migrants
UNITED STATES, AUG 9 – The IRS shared data on fewer than 5% of 1.23 million suspected undocumented migrants to aid immigration enforcement under a Trump administration agreement.
- On Friday, the Internal Revenue Service began sharing sensitive taxpayer data with immigration authorities, including personal details after a push from the Trump administration.
- In April, the Treasury Department and Department of Homeland Security signed an agreement to share data on up to 7 million suspected undocumented immigrants, DHS officials said.
- Amid matching challenges, the IRS shared less than 5% of data ICE requested after Friday morning White House complaints.
- Amid mounting internal concerns, the initiative sparked months of tension within the IRS, leading to resignations and President Donald Trump’s ousting of IRS commissioner Billy Long on Friday.
- Critics warn the IRS has never before shared such large volumes of data solely for immigration enforcement, with lawyers for immigrant groups arguing the deal breaches taxpayer confidentiality and allows law enforcement access without court orders.
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The Washington PostIRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before tax chief was ousted
The Internal Revenue Service clashed with the White House over using tax data to help locate suspected undocumented immigrants hours before Trump administration officials forced IRS Commissioner Billy Long from his post Friday, according to two people familiar with the…
IRS and White House Clashed Over Immigrants’ Data
“The Internal Revenue Service clashed with the White House over using tax data to help locate suspected undocumented immigrants hours before Trump administration officials forced IRS Commissioner Billy Long from his post Friday,“ the Washington Post reports. “The Department of Homeland Security sent the IRS a list Thursday of 40,000 names of people DHS officials thought were in the country illegally and asked the IRS to use confidential taxpayer…
IRS begins sharing sensitive taxpayer data with immigration authorities to find undocumented migrants
The Internal Revenue Service began sharing sensitive taxpayer data this week with immigration authorities searching for undocumented migrants, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Complying with the law is a fireable offense in the Trump administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money
He would do anything for Trump, but even he won’t do that: The Internal Revenue Service clashed with the White House over using tax data to help locate suspected undocumented immigrants hours before Trump administration officials forced IRS Commissioner Billy Long from his post Friday, according to two people familiar with the situation. The Department of Homeland Security sent the IRS a list Thursday of 40,000 names of people DHS officials tho…
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