IRS Giving Tax Payer Data to ICE
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) working with Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) sharing highly sensitive taxpayer data to the mass deportation force.
IRS officials quit over sharing taxpayer info; Trump cuts worsen crisis
The IRS was already dealing with a crisis as the under-staffed agency faced further cuts by Donald Trump, but the situation was made worse when a decision to use confidential taxpayer data to hunt for undocumented immigrants prompted the resignation of several top officials, including the third acting commissioner to quit under Trump. Nina Olson, executive director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights, talks with Rachel Maddow about the illegality of sharing taxpayer data and why IRS officials had such a strong reaction to the Trump administration’s decision to do so.
