IRS Agrees to Share Confidential Tax Information With Immigration Agents

April 8, 2025

IRS Agrees to Share Confidential Tax Information With Immigration Agents

Agreement comes days before court is set to hear arguments for injunction against government deal to undermine firewall shielding tax information

WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reached an agreementwith Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to share confidential taxpayer information with law enforcement officials, according to recently filed court records. In a government filing late yesterday in a case by Centro de Trabajadores Unidos, Immigrant Solidarity Dupage,Inclusive Action for the City and Somos Un Pueblo Unido, represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group, Alan Morrison and Raise the Floor Alliance, the government acknowledged a deal had been reached between the IRS and ICE. In response, Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen,issued the following statement:

"Taxpayer privacy is a cornerstone of the U.S. tax system. This move by the IRS is an unprecedented breach of taxpayer privacy laws and confidentiality, which has been respected by both political parties for decades. The Trump administration's terror tactic of using immigrants' tax data against them will drive some of our most vulnerable communities further underground. If this taxpayer information isn't safe from the prying eyes of the Trump administration's goons, then no one's taxpayer information is safe."

The documents from the case can be found here. For additional information on the case, or to request an interview with the litigation team or our plaintiffs, contact Katie Garcia, kgarcia@citizen.org.

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