The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reached an agreement to share data on taxpayers to target illegal immigration, according to a Monday court filing.
In the new court documents, Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers arguing on behalf of the Treasury Department said that a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, that was “signed by the Department of the Treasury and DHS reiterates the agencies’ commitment to sharing information only in the way” that the law “permits and includes clear guardrails to ensure compliance.”
“As laid out in the MOU, DHS can legally request return information relating to individuals under criminal investigation, and the IRS must provide it,” added the court filing, which was submitted in response to a lawsuit filed by immigration advocacy groups that sought to prevent the MOU from going into effect….