Leaked Blueprint Reveals ICE Plan To Use IRS Data To Increase Detentions
Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump and his administration began pushing the IRS to share taxpayer data to aid in identifying undocumented immigrants. Leaked documents reviewed by ProPublica reveal that an automated system is under development to share data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite the agency’s concerns over Americans’ privacy.Â
Of particular interest to the Trump administration are up-to-date addresses of individuals it seeks to detain for immigration-related reasons to meet a quota of 3,000 arrests per day. Under the leaked blueprint, the DHS would be required to submit a request for the names and previous addresses of targeted individuals, along with “the date of a final removal order, a relevant criminal statute ICE is using to investigate the individual, and the tax period for which information is sought,” reported ProPublica. The automated system would then try to match the information to a taxpayer identification number, access the associated tax file, and pull the individual’s address from the most recent tax period. Names provided by the DHS that lacked required information would be rejected, and no match would be made. Those familiar with the matter said the syste
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