IRS Admits to DHS Data Sharing Mistake in Court Filing: BGOV Tax

IRS Blunder Sends Immigrant Data to DHS

The IRS mistakenly gave the Department of Homeland Security thousands of immigrants’ personal information as part of the agencies’ controversial data-sharing agreement, according to a new court filing.

The error stems from the IRS’s provision of taxpayers’ addresses that immigration enforcement authorities didn’t already have, IRS Chief Risk and Control Officer Dottie Romo said in a declaration with a DC federal court dated Wednesday.

The Treasury Department notified DHS last month of the error and asked for their help throwing out any data the IRS provided ICE based on incomplete information and to ...