The deal stipulates ICE officials can ask the agency for information about people who have been ordered to leave the United States or who they are investigating.
The IRS could then turn over tax information with earnings, addresses, and other information concerning the subjects ICE is probing. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed the agreement.
“The bases for this (memorandum of understanding) 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,” a Treasury spokesperson said in a statement to CNN.
Some illegal immigrants do pay taxes in order to comply with the law and to build their case toward becoming legal residents, among other reasons.
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