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Trump Administration Confirms 'Ongoing Talks' To Share Immigrant Tax Data With ICE

The Trump administration confirmed in federal court that there are "ongoing discussions" between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about sharing taxpayer data that could potentially be used to deport undocumented immigrants.

The disclosure took pace at a hearing in which two immigrant rights organizations sought to block the IRS from sharing noncitizen taxpayer records with ICE. There, Department of Justice attorney Andrew Weisberg stated that "there are ongoing conversations... about the exchange of information" between the IRS and DHS, although no action has been taken, as CNN reports.

The hearing itself resulted in U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich ruling that the plaintiffs, Centro De Trabajadores Unidos and Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, had not sufficiently demonstrated that the IRS was poised to unlawfully disclose taxpayer information to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

"The government has represented to the court that it will comply with the law," Friedrich said, adding that she would "presume" the IRS will uphold its legal obligations, as CNN reports.

The lawsuit, filed in early March, alleges that DHS directed the IRS to turn over the addresses of roughly 700,000 immigrants it is seeking to deport as part of the Trump administration's broader efforts to crack down on unauthorized immigration.

Plaintiffs' attorney Nandan M.