Federal judge won't block Trump's plan to use IRS data to track down undocumented migrants [View all]
Source: CNN Politics
Updated 5:34 PM EDT, Mon May 12, 2025
CNN — A federal judge won’t block a controversial Trump administration initiative to share highly sensitive taxpayer information with federal immigration authorities in hopes of tracking down undocumented immigrants and quickly deporting them out of the country.
District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Monday rejected arguments from several immigrant-rights groups, that claimed the data-sharing agreement between the Internal Revenue Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated taxpayer confidentiality laws.
The decision is a victory for President Donald Trump and his immigration agenda. Trump administration officials argued that greater cooperation between the IRS and ICE will protect Americans by kicking out potentially dangerous immigrants who came to the country illegally. CNN has reached out for comment to the IRS, the Department of Homeland Security and the groups that filed the lawsuit.
Friedrich was appointed by Trump in 2017 during the president’s first term. The immigrant-rights groups that filed the case could now appeal her ruling to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/politics/judge-wont-block-irs-data-sharing-track-undocumented-migrants
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