Newsweek - A federal judge on Monday declined to halt the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from sharing immigrants' tax information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), clearing the way for continued collaboration aimed at identifying and deporting individuals living in the U.S. without legal status.
The ruling marks a legal victory for the Trump administration and comes just weeks after former acting IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause stepped down over the controversial arrangement.
U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee during his first term, denied a preliminary injunction sought by nonprofit groups who argued that undocumented immigrants who file taxes deserve the same privacy protections afforded to U.S. citizens and legal residents. Friedrich had previously refused to issue a temporary order blocking the data-sharing agreement.
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