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Immigrant rights groups warn that the new policy will further marginalize undocumented immigrants and threaten billions in tax revenue

Immigrant rights groups are warning that a new data-sharing agreement between the IRS and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will further marginalize undocumented immigrants and threaten billions in tax revenue.

The DHS can now access taxpayer data from the IRS to facilitate deportations, according to a memo released by the Treasury Department in early April. The change was among the flurry of the Trump administration's anti-immigrant actions since the start of his second term.

According to the memo's language, the IRS would share the taxpayer information of immigrants under criminal investigation and subject to final removal

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