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Reported: DHS asks IRS for information about undocumented immigrants

  1. Original Date Announced

    February 28, 2025

    The Washington Post reports that DHS asked the IRS on February 27, 2025, to divulge the last-known home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of 700,000 potentially undocumented immigrants. DHS also asked the IRS to deploy auditors and criminal investigators to launch probes of businesses suspected of hiring immigrants not authorized to work. The memo follows a prior DHS request to allow immigration officials to provide names and obtain home addresses. IRS leadership initially refused DHS's requests; however, a new acting IRS commissioner has since taken over and indicated interest in compliance.

    Trump 2.0 [ID #1583]

    2025.02.28 Reported: DHS asks IRS for information about undocumented immigrants - Washington Post
  2. Effective Date

    February 27, 2025
  3. Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)

    • March 7, 2025

      2025.03.07_Complaint - Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v. Bessent, 1:25-cv-00677, (D.D.C.)

      Centro de Trabajadores Unidos and Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, two Illinois-based immigrant advocacy organizations, filed a complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service for alleged violations of Internal Revenue Code § 6103(a) for attempting to share taxpayer data with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v. Bessent, 1:25-cv-00677 (D.D.C.).

      **Litigation entries are limited to initial complaints and major substantive rulings. For pleadings and additional information, use name and docket number to search Civil Rights Clearinghouse and CourtListener or visit Just Security Litigation Tracker**

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Current Status

None

Original Trump Policy Status

Trump Administration Actions: Agency Directive Change in Practice
Subject Matter: Interior
Agencies Affected: DHS Other

Commentary

  • 2025.03.05 - Trump Wants to Use the IRS to Track Down Immigrants. They May Stop Paying Taxes - The Bulwark

    The Bulwark reports that undocumented immigrants may stop filing their tax returns out of fear of deportation, stating that “[t]ax professionals and immigration advocates in areas with large immigrant populations … said that they are already feeling the effects.”

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