Second federal judge blocks IRS from sharing addresses with ICE
A federal judge dealt the Trump administration a blow Thursday by blocking the IRS from providing residential addresses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, who was...
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A federal judge dealt the Trump administration a blow Thursday by blocking the IRS from providing residential addresses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) . U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, argued the sharing of data could violate a section of the Tax Act of 1976, which includes privacy protections for taxpayers. The judge's order blocks ICE and the IRS from sharing data while also prohibiting the use of data that had already been transferred pending a court review. "Defendants DHS, Secretary Noem, ICE, Acting Director Lyons, and their agents, are enjoined from inspecting, viewing, using, copying, distributing, relying on, or otherwise acting upon any return information that had been obtained from or disclosed by the IRS Defendants pursuant to the information sharing arrangements, including the information received August 7, 2025," Talwani's order states. ICE RE-ARRESTS TWO VENEZUELAN MEN AFTER FEDERAL JUDGE'S RELEASE ORDER In addition to concerns about taxpayers' privacy, Talwani addressed the chilling effect this could have on tax filings by immigrants and the possibility that people could be wrongfully arrested due to mistaken identity. She said the plaintiffs had "demonstrated that a significant portion of immigrant communities not only share common last names ... but also live in shared homes or in the same apartment complexes," adding to concerns about mistaken identities. FEDERAL JUDGE’S ‘UNHINGED’ ORDER IN MIGRANT CASE IGNITES REPUBLICAN FURY, IMPEACHMENT DEMAND The plaintiffs in the case were four community groups : Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts (CEDC), National Parents Union (NPU), National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) and UndocuBlack Network, Inc. (UBN). The order states that, on April 7, 2025, the IRS and ICE established a memorandum of understanding to share taxpayer data, supporting a federal crackdown on illegal immigra…