The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is reportedly approaching a contract to enable immigration officers to use tax data to support Donald Trump’s deportation agenda.
Under the proposed data sharing agreement, it is said to be in negotiations for weeks, so immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) can hand over undocumented names and addresses of immigrants to the IRS, which could raise concerns about power abuse from the Trump administration and erosion of privacy rights.
If access to this sensitive database is agreed, it marks a major change and will likely be the first time immigrant officials have relied on tax systems for enforcement assistance in such a drastic way.
Under the agreement, the IRS uses a confidential taxpayer database, a move that violates long-standing trust in the confidentiality of tax information, to cross-reference undocumented immigrant cross-references. According to the Washington Post, such data are considered historically sensitive and are closely guarded by it, so reported transactions raised alarm bells in the IRS.
Here’s the important story of US politics from Sunday:
The IRS deals with ice close to ICE to share undocumented immigrant data – Report
The potential changes in the use of taxpayer data are reportedly contributing to the enforcement of criminal penalties, as it has not been used before, and rarely constructs criminal cases, consistent with many of the more aggressive immigration policies Trump is pursuing.
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Angry in Greenland during this week’s visit by Usha Vance and Mike Waltz
Usha Vance, wife of US Vice President JD Vance, will travel to Greenland this week when President Donald Trump has become keen on the idea that the US annexes its strategic, semi-autonomous Danish territory.
Vance will visit Greenland on Thursday, tour the historic sites, learn about territorial heritage and attend the National Dog Tribe, the White House said in a statement.
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“I’m not resigning”: Chuck Schumer opposes Democrats’ appeal for fundraising bills
Chuck Schumer rejected a call to abandon his highest democratic position in the Senate after voting for a Republican fundraising bill on Sunday to avoid government shutdowns.
Schumer faces a wave of backlash from Democrats over his decision to support a Republican-led bill, with many Democrats claiming that the party leader hasn’t done enough to confront Donald Trump’s agenda.
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Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the courage to fight for the working class
Bernie Sanders is not running for president. But he portrays more crowds now than he was when he was campaigning for the White House.
The message has hardly been changed. Also, there is a shock and vibrant delivery of white hair, and there is no messenger. What’s different now is that, according to the senator, his fear, a government captured by a billionaire who exploits workers — becomes an undeniable reality, and people are angry.
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Rebellion against Trump’s court orders is to “test the fence” of the rule of law
Donald Trump’s second administration has shown “unprecedented resistance” to court rulings as part of a powerful attack on American judiciary that threatens to undermine the rule of law, undermine comparable branches of government and weakens American democracy, experts say.
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The Trump administration is falling into authoritarianism
Trump’s violation of the Department of Justice’s traditional independence last week was neither shocking nor surprising. His speech quickly faded from the fast and fierce news cycle. But future historians may view it as a milestone in the path leading the world’s oldest continuous democracy to a previously unthinkable destination.
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What happened today:
Three major wildfires still erupted in one North Carolina county, which is still recovering from Hurricane Helen, exploded to burn more than 3,000 acres as the governor of South Carolina declared a state of emergency in response to wildfire growth in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Bald Eagle went viral to incubate the rocks after a violent storm in Missouri. Murphy, who lived at the age of 33, took a rock in 2023 and tried to hatch it, captivated the heart and later raised two eagles.
Luigi Mangione’s lawyer says that the flaws in the arrest invalidate the evidence, but does that work? The shooting of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s Pennsylvania lawyer Brian Thompson, alleges that police violated the client’s constitutional rights in arrest.
