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IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS, Washington Post says
The IRS shared data on 47,000 people with DHS despite incomplete identification, prompting courts to block the arrangement amid legal challenges.
- Dottie Romo, IRS chief risk and control officer, said on Wednesday the Internal Revenue Service improperly shared private taxpayer data on thousands with immigration enforcement officers.
- When the Department of Homeland Security requested addresses for 1.2 million people last year, the Internal Revenue Service returned data on 47,000 to support Trump administration enforcement.
- DHS officials at times could not provide positive identifiers, yet IRS employees denounced the request as unlawful last year while taxpayer records lacking positive identifiers were shared.
- Two federal courts preliminarily found the IRS–DHS sharing unlawful and enjoined the arrangement, with legal fallout including a $10 billion lawsuit and potential penalties.
- A related case is on appeal in the DC Circuit, with advocates warning the disclosures risk harm while DHS defended the program as necessary for public safety, despite courts enjoining the arrangement.
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Filing: IRS Mistakenly Shared Taxpayer Info With DHS
The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies' controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people who are illegally in the US, according to a new court filing. The...
IRS official says agency improperly shared some taxpayer data with ICE
The IRS shared taxpayer data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that skirted federal privacy law and was outside the scope of the agencies’ controversial data-sharing agreement, according to a court filing Wednesday. A sworn declaration from Dottie A. Romo, previously the IRS’s chief operating officer and now its chief risk and control officer, detailed the tax agency’s missteps regarding a request from ICE for 1.28 million taxpayer record…
IRS Shared Tax Data on 47,000 Taxpayers With ICE, Official Says
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shared information on more than 47,000 taxpayers with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for use in the administration’s deportation efforts, according to new court documents. In a filing on Wednesday, IRS Chief Risk and Control Officer Dottie Romo confirmed in a sworn declaration that IRS taxpayer data was shared with federal immigration officials under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that DHS signe…
Data of thousands of taxpayers wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says
The revelation stems from a data-sharing agreement signed last April by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, which allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification against tax records.
IRS admits it accidentally handed immigrant tax data to ICE: 'Mistakes are inevitable'
The IRS has improperly disclosed immigrant tax data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.Dottie Romo, the tax agency’s chief risk and control officer, confirmed in sworn testimony that the agency had given information to ICE agents and the Department of Homeland Security, The Washington P...
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