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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have reached an agreement that allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use taxpayer information to find undocumented immigrants who can be deported.
Late Monday, the Trump administration submitted a memorandum of understanding to a court. This document sets up rules and a process for ICE to request information from the IRS to investigate undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes and have not left the United States within 90 days after a judge ordered them to be removed.
"The Internal Revenue Service and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement have entered into a memorandum of understanding to establish a clear and secure process to support law enforcement’s efforts to combat illegal immigration," a Treasury Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement.
"The bases for this MOU are founded in longstanding authorities granted by Congress, which serve to protect the privacy of law-abiding Americans while streamlining the ability to pursue criminals," the statement continued. "After four years of Joe Biden flooding the nation with illegal aliens, President Trump’s highest priority is to ensure the safety of the American people."
A high-ranking Treasury Department official explained that these undocumented immigrants have had their chance to go through the legal process but have stayed in the country more than 90 days after a judge’s order to leave.
The memorandum outlines a way to keep sensitive taxpayer information safe while still letting law enforcement investigate crimes, according to the official.
The Treasury Department is dedicated to protecting the privacy of taxpayers who follow the law, but a rule about criminal cases requires the department to help law enforcement, the senior official stated.
A draft of the agreement, reported by the Washington Post last month, said it would only allow ICE to verify the addresses of undocumented immigrants with final removal orders.
Under the deal, ICE could give the IRS names and addresses of undocumented immigrants, and the IRS could check those against tax records and give ICE updated address information.
Some experienced IRS officials are worried, saying that this small exception was only meant for criminal investigations, not immigration enforcement. They also fear that this policy might make it harder to collect taxes from undocumented immigrants, who still have to pay federal taxes even though they are in the country illegally.
This agreement comes as President Donald Trump continues to increase deportation efforts he promised during his campaign, trying to use every possible resource to help immigration authorities.
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