IRS Illegally Shared Confidential Taxpayer Data with ICE Over 42,000 Times, Federal Judge Rules
A federal judge has confirmed that the IRS broke strict taxpayer confidentiality laws by sharing private information with ICE tens of thousands of times, raising serious concerns about government overreach and the erosion of privacy protections.
In a stunning judicial rebuke that echoes alarm bells for American taxpayers and defenders of privacy, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled on Thursday that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) violated the law by disclosing confidential taxpayer information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) approximately 42,695 times. This breach stems from an unauthorized data-sharing agreement between these agencies aimed at identifying immigrants presumed to be in the country illegally. The IRS’s reckless behavior directly conflicts with IRS Code Section 6103, one of the firmest safeguards for protecting taxpayer data put in place to maintain trust between citizens and their government....
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