According to a recent report, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is close to reaching an agreement with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) to share data relating to illegal immigrants.
Politico reported the new deal would mean immigration officials could confirm names and addresses of those who are in the country illegally through taxpayer databases. Previously, personal taxpayer information was only shared with federal law enforcement under limited circumstances.
The Washington Post reported that ICE access to tax data would be limited to confirming the addresses of migrants with final removal orders. Only Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem or acting ICE director Todd Lyons could submit requests, which must include the name and address of each taxpayer.
“We’ve seen that this administration is certainly pulling out all the stops and trying to use every potential lever of the government to find and deport undocumented immigrants,” said Theresa Cardinal Brown, a former Department of Homeland Security official under the Bush and Obama administrations, Politico reported.
CNN reported that throughout the years, the IRS has encouraged illegal migrants to file taxes which would have provided the agency with their addresses, employers and earnings.
Current acting IRS commissioner, Melanie Krause, has been receptive to requests from the administration and the Department of Government Efficiency to share tax data, the outlet added.
“If the IRS is willing to do this, it’s because of the change of leadership,” said Nina Olson, who served for almost two decades as the national taxpayer advocate. “It’s unprecedented.”
Critics of the plan say the sharing of personal information may discourage those here illegally from coming forward and paying taxes.
Critics are right on target!
Undocumented people pay taxes with an ITN number given to them by the IRS. Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022.
STOP GOVERNMENT FRAUD, Where were these radical judges when SS was being abused??Musk and his team have uncovered Biden and his radical democrats had assigned thousands of Social Security numbers to illegals, what a violation for their trust of office, anyone involved in this thief of tax payers monies, should go directly to jail. Any democrats who were aware of this crime, against tax payers should be removed from office Those millions of Americans who depend on SS to survive and the constant threat of SS not being there in the future, yet these corrupt democrats decided to rape and plunder the very trust fund for “illegals” that Americans need to continue on financially, anhad paid for and into their entire lives. Someone knew what Biden in his schemes were doing, yet never said a word, time to clean house, send these corrupt democrats packing. The swamp has gone too far in this abuse matter of tax dollars, they should be held legally accountable,