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IRS under Trump unlawfully shared taxpayer info with immigration authorities, court rules
Yahoo • • nation
Key Points:
- A U.S. appeals court upheld an injunction blocking an IRS policy that allowed sharing thousands of taxpayers' addresses with immigration authorities, ruling the Trump-era practice violated federal law.
- The IRS disclosed about 47,000 taxpayer addresses to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under a procedure linked to expanded immigration enforcement efforts.
- The policy permitted ICE to obtain taxpayer information using incomplete or invalid address data, a practice the court found "most egregiously" violated legal requirements.
- The ruling emphasized that IRS sharing of taxpayer information must comply with strict post-Watergate privacy laws and cannot be automated without individual review.
- Advocacy groups praised the decision, highlighting the importance of privacy laws in preventing government abuses of power.
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