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How DOGE led a ‘hostile takeover’ at the IRS to use taxpayer data for immigration crackdowns
A group of senior career officials tried but ultimately failed to protect the agency’s highly-sensitive database of taxpayer ...
IRS deal for data on immigrants is worrisome
If ICE is allowed to get personal info for its deportation campaign, what's to stop the Trump administration from seeking tax ...
IRS acting commissioner resigning over Treasury's plan to share immigrant tax data with ICE
The IRS has agreed to share immigrants' tax data with ICE for to help authorities identify and deport undocumented immigrants ...
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How DOGE led a ‘hostile takeover’ at the IRS to use taxpayer data for immigration crackdowns
The chief privacy officer told the ... agency’s highly confidential taxpayer data to boost its immigration agenda. One of the first asks went to the IRS’ criminal investigation division ...
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Top IRS official quits over plans to share personal data with immigration authorities
The top IRS official is resigning after a deal between the agency and immigration authorities to share sensitive data. For ...
IRS acting commissioner is resigning over deal to send immigrants’ tax data to ICE, AP sources say
The Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration ...
Top IRS officials join chief in quitting following immigration data deal
The agency's chief privacy, financial and risk officers are also resigning, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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IRS reaches data-sharing deal with DHS to help find undocumented immigrants for deportation
CNN reported last month that the IRS was nearing a deal to help Immigration ... the IRS’ chief privacy officer and others involved in safeguarding taxpayer data. Parts of the 15-page ...