Grand Theft America / Receipt power-2025-04-07-052
The IRS opens taxpayer files to deportation agents
The IRS signs a memorandum of understanding (April 7) letting it share taxpayer data with ICE for deportation—the first time the IRS has formally agreed to give taxpayer information to immigration enforcement. The acting commissioner leaves days later amid the fallout; the IRS discloses about 47,000 taxpayers' information; and in November a judge rules the program unlawful and blocks further sharing of home addresses.
What happened
The IRS signs a memorandum of understanding (April 7) letting it share taxpayer data with ICE for deportation—the first time the IRS has formally agreed to give taxpayer information to immigration enforcement. The acting commissioner leaves days later amid the fallout; the IRS discloses about 47,000 taxpayers' information; and in November a judge rules the program unlawful and blocks further sharing of home addresses.
Why it matters
Linking identity, biometric and commercial data expands the government's ability to identify, monitor and act against people at scale. It is tracked here under “Fuse government data into one system”; the classification describes the documented institutional risk, not a claim about motive.
Receipt details
- Phase 1
- Build a surveillance machine
- Fuse government data into one system
