Temporary order blocks IRS from sharing taxpayer information with ICE

A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from allowing the IRS to share taxpayer information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The orders, issued Tuesday and Friday, in the case of Center for Taxpayer Rights et al v. International Revenue Service et al, prevent the IRS from sharing confidential taxpayer data with ICE without giving the court and plaintiffs 24 hours notice.

“This unlawful data sharing is one of the worst attacks on Americans’ personal privacy in decades and ignores laws Congress passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal to protect taxpayer information,” said Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward...