The Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service finalized an agreement to provide sensitive taxpayer information to federal immigration authorities as part of the Trump Administration’s deportation push. As part of the deal, the IRS has agreed to turn over information about undocumented immigrants who DHS says are already facing deportation orders and are under federal criminal investigation, including for the crime of failing to leave the country. The terms of the agreement say ICE will come to the IRS with names and addresses of taxpayers that they believe have violated federal immigration laws. The IRS would then cross-reference that information with existing taxpayer data and confirm its accuracy.
