IRS building system to give ICE on-demand access to taxpayer data
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is developing a system that would provide federal immigration authorities with on-demand access to sensitive taxpayer information. The system, first reported by ProPublica, is stirring concern among IRS employees and civil liberties advocates, while some Trump administration officials defend its development as necessary for deporting “criminal illegal aliens.”
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