Summary
A U.S. federal appeals court decided that the IRS can continue sharing some taxpayer information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This decision upholds an agreement that helps ICE verify the addresses of people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally. The court rejected a request to stop this policy from going forward.
Key Facts
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that IRS data sharing with ICE can continue.
- The decision did not grant a preliminary injunction requested by immigrant rights groups to stop the data sharing.
- The court ruled that the shared information is not protected under IRS privacy laws.
- The agreement, signed in April 2025, allows ICE to cross-check names and addresses with IRS tax records.
- The Trump administration views the agreement as a tool for immigration enforcement and border security.
- Critics argue that this data sharing could violate privacy protections and discourage tax filings by undocumented immigrants.
- Court documents revealed that IRS could only verify about 47,000 out of 1.28 million names submitted by ICE.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi called the court decision a "crucial victory" for President Trump's administration.
