ICE made expansive request for taxpayer data amid IRS pushback
Federal immigration enforcement officials sought a wide range of sensitive information about suspected undocumented immigrants from the IRS, including the names of relatives, before narrowing the request amid pushback from agency officials, according to a new court filing.
The disclosure late Wednesday offered the most detailed account yet of how Immigration and Customs Enforcement acquired taxpayer data to track down undocumented immigrants as part of a controversial information-sharing agreement between the IRS and ICE.
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