Judge Upholds IRS Data Sharing with ICE for Deportations | JQJO

A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit by immigrant-rights groups challenging a Trump-era agreement allowing the IRS to share taxpayer data with ICE for immigration enforcement. Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled the data-sharing deal, which allows ICE to request taxpayer addresses to track down undocumented immigrants defying deportation orders, complies with existing law, as it's limited to criminal investigations. The groups plan to appeal. The agreement, implemented despite concerns from IRS officials, has raised fears within immigrant communities about data privacy.