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Ways and Means Democrats seek immigrant data leak probe
Their demands claim that despite strict privacy laws protecting taxpayers, the IRS agreed in April last year to share sensitive information of individuals who they claim are being targeted for immigration enforcement.
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Rwittika Chakraborty
- Wed, 18, Feb 2026
- 03:53 EST
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A bipartisan group of House Democrats is calling on the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to investigate what they describe as a troubling breach of privacy tied to U.S. immigration enforcement policy.
Led by Representatives Jimmy Gomez and Linda T. Sánchez, along with other members of the House Ways and Means Committee, lawmakers demand a probe into the leak of confidential tax records of about 47,000 taxpayers, information the Internal Revenue Service reportedly shared with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of immigration enforcement efforts.
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Their demands claim that despite strict privacy laws protecting taxpayers, the IRS agreed in April last year to share sensitive information, including names and addresses, of individuals who they claim are being targeted for immigration enforcement.
“This agreement is just another example of the Trump administration recklessly and unlawfully violating the rights of immigrants and working families. Federal courts have since held that sharing this private data violates taxpayers’ rights,” read the press release from Linda Sanchez’s office.
In a letter addressed to the Acting Inspector General for Tax Administration and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Heather M. Hill, the members of the Committee on Ways and Means asked for a comprehensive and timely investigation and to produce a report that summarizes TIGTA’s investigation with findings and recommendations.
They also asked to provide the members with a full copy of TIGTA’s unredacted report and make as much of that report public as possible.
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