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 may indicate immigration officials may verify names and addresses of those who are in the region illegally through payer directories. Recently, personal tax information was just shared with federal law enforcement under limited circumstances.
The Washington Post reported that ICE exposure to tax information may be limited to confirming the names of workers with last treatment orders. Just Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem or acting ICE producer Todd Lyons was submit requests, which must include the name and address of each tax.
” 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 times, the IRS has encouraged illegal migrants to report income which would have provided the company with their names, businesses and income.
Current acting IRS director, Melanie Krause, has been susceptible to demands from the management and the Department of Government Efficiency , to discuss tax information, 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 unparalleled”.
Reviewers of the program say the sharing of individual information may deter those below illegally from coming forth and paying taxes.
