The Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service finalized an agreement Monday, April 7, 2025 to provide sensitive taxpayer data to federal immigration authorities such as ICE. As part of the deal, the IRS 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, according to the filings. The purpose of the deal is to help ICE track down undocumented immigrants for possible deportation.
The terms of the deal say ICE will come to the IRS with the names and address 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. IRS has addresses for undocumented immigrants because many members of that community register with the agency and pay billions of dollars in taxes each year – in exchange for their data staying confidential in most circumstances.
“It is so troubling” an IRS source told CNN of the impending data-sharing with DHS. “We ask (undocumented immigrants) to pay their taxes and do the right thing, and in exchange we will only use this information for tax administration. Now we are basically breaking their trust and the law and taking their information and using it to find them and deport them. It’s unethical when you think about what we’ve promised them.”
Some argue this data-sharing deal between IRS and ICE is a breach of trust because IRS data is supposed to stay confidential, and it will discourage undocumented immigrants from paying taxes in the future. Undocumented immigrants are often urged to register with the IRS and pay their federal taxes because it makes them look like law-abiding residents and could aid their immigration case.
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