IRS Building System to Give ICE on-Demand Access to Taxpayer Data

IRS to share personal data with immigration agents

The Trump administration is giving personal data to immigration authorities to aid its crackdown. The AP reported ICE is getting access to Medicaid data and ProPublica found the IRS is building a program that would give immigration agents unprecedented access to sensitive taxpayer data, including home addresses. William Brangham discussed more with Christopher Bing of ProPublica.

The IRS Is Building A Vast System To Share Millions Of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The Internal Revenue Service is building a computer program that would give deportation officers unprecedented access to confidential tax data. ProPublica has obtained a blueprint of the system, which would create an “on demand” process allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain the home addresses of people it’s seeking to deport. Last mon…

Leaked blueprint reveals ICE plan to use IRS data to increase detentions

Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump and his administration began pushing the IRS to share taxpayer data to aid in identifying undocumented immigrants. Leaked documents reviewed by ProPublica reveal that an automated system is under development to share data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite the agency's concerns over Americans' privacy.  Of particular interest to…

IRS building system to give ICE on-demand access to taxpayer data

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is developing a system that would provide federal immigration authorities with on-demand access to sensitive taxpayer information. The system, first reported by ProPublica, is stirring concern among IRS employees and civil liberties advocates, while some Trump administration officials defend its development as necessary for deporting “criminal illegal aliens.” The unnamed system is intended to help immigration …

The IRS is building a vast system to share millions of taxpayers’ data with ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s plan to turn over IRS records.

Trump Plans to Hand Taxpayer Data to Homeland Security to Speed Up Deportations

The system, which would enable sharing of massive amounts of sensitive data, may be launched before the end of July.