Court rejects bid to block IRS from sharing immigrants data with DHS

A federal appeals court has upheld an agreement allowing the IRS to share specific immigrant data with DHS, rejecting an advocacy group’s challenge in a move celebrated by the Trump administration as a victory for law enforcement.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied a request from migrant advocacy groups to halt a data-sharing agreement between the IRS and the Department of Homeland Security, clearing the way for ICE to access the names and addresses of individuals suspected of living in the U.S. without legal status. The three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision, with Judge Harry T. Edwards writing that the appellants are “unlikely to succeed on the merits of their claims” because the IRS is legally permitted to disclose addresses that do not constitute “taxpayer return information.”

The ruling follows a controversial April memorandum of understanding that prompted the resignation of then-acting IRS commissioner Melanie Krause and comes despite recent admissions from IRS official Dottie Romo that the agency had “improperly disclosed taxpayer information” to ICE in cases of insufficient data. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi hailed the decision on X as a “crucial victory for President Trump’s agenda to Make America Safe Again,” adding that it “reaffirms a simple truth: laws set by Congress must be enforced, not undermined by activist judges.”

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