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President Trump has already made tremendous progress securing our border. Just look at this chart:
TheefforttocleanupthemessleftbyJoeBidenisn’tstopping,though.Andnow,agroundbreakingagreementbetweentheIRSandICEislikelytomaketheefforttodeportillegalimmigrantsevenmoreefficient.
FoxNewsDigitalreportsthattheIRSandICEareclosetofinalizingadealthatwouldletICEsubmitthenamesandaddressesofillegalimmigrantstotheIRS.Theagencycouldthencross-checktheirtaxrecordsandshareupdatedaddressinformationwithimmigrationofficials.
“Itisgoingtodiscouragethosetaxpayersfromevenfiling,soitreallydoesputthembetweenarockandahardplace,”AdamBrewer,afederaltaxexpert,toldFoxNewsDigital.
ButsomelongtimeIRSemployeeshaveexpressedconcernsaboutthedeal,arguingthatthetaxagencyhaslongassuredthesafeguardingofrecordsinexchangeforillegalimmigrantsfilingtaxreturns,somethingtheyarerequiredtodobylaweventhoughtheyarenotinthecountrylegally.
ThedraftagreementbetweentheIRSandICEwouldauthorizeverification“subjecttocriminalinves
