Court blocks IRS from sharing taxpayer addresses with ICE A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being “impermissibly used” by ICE
Court Orders IRS to Stop Sharing Confidential Taxpayer Information with . . . Washington D C – A federal court has blocked the Trump-Vance Administration’s unprecedented efforts to skirt federal privacy laws that protected taxpayers’ sensitive information The court’s stay will prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from sharing data on millions of taxpayers with U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) The order comes in a case brought by a
Federal Judge Halts IRS Data Sharing with DHS for Immigration . . . Judicial Block Puts Immigration Enforcement on Hold The federal court's 94-page ruling explicitly states that the IRS's agreement to provide taxpayer addresses to ICE violated federal law and the fundamental privacy rights enshrined within the U S tax code Judge Kollar-Kotelly found the IRS's implementation of the data-sharing policy to be "arbitrary and capricious," citing a failure to
DHS, ICE Access to IRS Taxpayer Records Blocked in Federal Court The judge also ordered the IRS to inform the court in advance of any disclosures of taxpayer information it deems lawful According to the groups’ motion, the IRS began sharing information on thousands of taxpayers with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Aug 4, part of a new policy to share data with other agencies following the creation