Federal judge won’t block Trump’s plan to use IRS data to track down undocumented migrants
Marshall Cohen, CNN | 5/12/2025, 4:30 p.m.
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen here in Washington, DC, on February 20. A federal judge won’t block an initiative to share taxpayer information with federal immigration authorities.
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A federal judge won’t block a controversial Trump administration initiative to share highly sensitive taxpayer information with federal immigration authorities in hopes of tracking down undocumented immigrants and quickly deporting them out of the country.
District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Monday rejected arguments from several immigrant-rights groups, who claimed the data-sharing agreement between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated taxpayer confidentiality laws.
The decision is a victory for President Donald Trump and his immigration agenda. Trump administration officials argued that greater cooperation between the IRS and ICE will protect Americans by kicking out potentially dangerous immigrants who came to the country illegally.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
