IRS Building System to Give ICE on-Demand Access to Taxpayer Data

IRS building system to give ICE on-demand access to taxpayer data

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is developing a system that would provide federal immigration authorities with on-demand access to sensitive taxpayer information. The system, first reported by ProPublica, is stirring concern among IRS employees and civil liberties advocates, while some Trump administration officials defend its development as necessary for deporting “criminal illegal aliens.” The unnamed system is intended to help immigration …

The IRS is building a vast system to share millions of taxpayers’ data with ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s plan to turn over IRS records.

Trump Plans to Hand Taxpayer Data to Homeland Security to Speed Up Deportations

The system, which would enable sharing of massive amounts of sensitive data, may be launched before the end of July.

Massive IRS data dump will cause ICE to swoop on wrong addresses: insiders

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.The Internal Revenue Service is building a computer program that would give deportation officers unprecedented access to confidential tax data.ProPublica has obtained a blueprint of the system, which would create an “on demand” process allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain the home ad…

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.