IRS approaches the Data Distribution Agreement by enforcing the US Immigration and Customs which will allow immigration officials to use tax data to support the Trump administrative deportation agenda, two sources who are familiar with the problem told ABC News.
After weeks of negotiations, administrative officials almost reached an agreement that would allow ICE officials to submit the names and addresses that were suspected of immigrants had no legal status for IRS to examine the secret database.
The Washington Post first reported Development on Saturday.
A wave of flags outside the International Revenue Service Building after reported Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is preparing to fire thousands of workers in the coming days, in Washington, 18 February 2025.
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The use of sensitive taxpayer information to advance the Trump administrative immigration policy has worried that career officials in the IRS.
Part 6103 of the federal tax code requires IRS to maintain information on individual taxpayers with certain limited exceptions, which include law enforcement agencies “for investigation and prosecution of non-tax criminal law” with the approval of the court, according to the agency website.
IRS has allowed immigrants without legal status to submit a return on income tax with individual tax numbers, or itin. This immigrant contributed $ 25.7 billion Social Security Tax using a borrowed or cheating social security number, according to Bipartisan Policy Center.
The IRS and the Department of Domestic Security did not respond to requests for comments from ABC News regarding the agreement, which was still being negotiated and had not been completed, according to the source.