Judge Mulls How Homeland Security Could Use Immigrant Tax Info

Two Chicago groups seeking to enjoin an agreement between the Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service over the sharing of immigrant’s tax information must navigate tricky legal questions to do so.

In a Wednesday hearing, Judge Dabney L. Friedrich of the US District Court for the District of Columbia questioned the standing of the two not-for-profit groups—Centro de Trabajadores Unidos and Immigrant Solidarity DuPage. They are seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the disclosure of Individual Taxpayer Identification Number information between the two agencies amid the backdrop of a larger, Trump Administration immigration crackdown.

But the groups’ ...