According to the Latin Times, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are reportedly working on an agreement that would allow the IRS to use tax data to verify the names and addresses of individuals suspected of being in the country illegally.
The agreement would permit the IRS to cross-check names submitted by ICE with confidential internal tax data, according to four anonymous sources who spoke to The Washington Post.
This agreement is controversial because IRS tax information is highly confidential and protected.
Normally, sharing internal tax data with outside law enforcement agencies requires a court order and is only allowed under specific legal conditions.
The IRS’s Disclosure page states that tax information may be shared with law enforcement for investigating and prosecuting non-tax crimes only under a court order.
Under the proposed agreement, the data shared with ICE would be limited to immigrants living in Alabama and those already facing final removal orders.
Additionally, such information could only be requested by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem or acting ICE Director Todd Lyons.
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