IRS-ICE near agreement to share tax data for deportations: Report

(NewsNation) — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is close to finalizing an agreement that would allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to access confidential taxpayer information to locate undocumented immigrants targeted for deportation, The Washington Post reported.

The proposed data-sharing arrangement would permit ICE to submit names and addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants to the IRS for verification against tax records.

This would mark a significant shift in longstanding IRS policy...