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IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS, Washington Post says
The IRS shared data on 47,000 people with DHS despite incomplete identification, prompting courts to block the arrangement amid legal challenges.
- Dottie Romo, IRS chief risk and control officer, said on Wednesday the Internal Revenue Service improperly shared private taxpayer data on thousands with immigration enforcement officers.
- When the Department of Homeland Security requested addresses for 1.2 million people last year, the Internal Revenue Service returned data on 47,000 to support Trump administration enforcement.
- DHS officials at times could not provide positive identifiers, yet IRS employees denounced the request as unlawful last year while taxpayer records lacking positive identifiers were shared.
- Two federal courts preliminarily found the IRS–DHS sharing unlawful and enjoined the arrangement, with legal fallout including a $10 billion lawsuit and potential penalties.
- A related case is on appeal in the DC Circuit, with advocates warning the disclosures risk harm while DHS defended the program as necessary for public safety, despite courts enjoining the arrangement.
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A privacy breach at the IRS: Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says
The IRS has erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new court filing.
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