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The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE (www.propublica.org)

submitted 3 days ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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ProPublica has obtained a blueprint of the system, which would create an “on demand” process allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain the home addresses of people it’s seeking to deport.

Last month, in a previously undisclosed dispute, the acting general counsel at the IRS, Andrew De Mello, refused to turn over the addresses of 7.3 million taxpayers sought by ICE. In an email obtained by ProPublica, De Mello said he had identified multiple legal “deficiencies” in the agency’s request.

Two days later, on June 27, De Mello was forced out of his job, people familiar with the dispute said. The addresses have not yet been released to ICE. De Mello did not respond to requests for comment, and the administration did not address questions sent by ProPublica about his departure.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

so are they upset immgrants are paying taxes now?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago

Unfortunately, it's now just a tool to round them up and send them to concentration camps.

[–] tane69@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

You think they’re going to stop at immigrants? They’re going after natural born citizens now.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Your question presumes they've thought about it at all.