US Court Allows IRS to Share Immigrant Tax Data with ICE

A Washington, D.C. federal appeals court rejected a request by immigrant rights groups to block the IRS from sharing certain taxpayer data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The data-sharing agreement, signed in April by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, allows ICE to cross-verify names and addresses of undocumented immigrants against tax records. Judge Harry T. Edwards ruled the groups were unlikely to succeed, noting the shared information is not protected by IRS privacy laws. Attorney General Pam Bondi called the ruling a "crucial victory" for the administration's immigration enforcement efforts.