Appeals court rules IRS broke privacy laws in turning over records to ICE
The IRS broke a Watergate-era privacy law when it gave information on 47,000 people to ICE for use in immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
TL;DR
- The IRS has been found to have broken a Watergate-era privacy law.
- The violation involved the disclosure of information on 47,000 people to ICE.
- The information was supplied for the purpose of immigration enforcement.
- A federal appeals court made this ruling on Tuesday.