Judge upholds rule allowing the IRS to share addresses of illegal migrants with ICE
Since taking office earlier this year, President Donald Trump has seen several key elements of his agenda blocked by hostile courts.
However, the president scored a major win this week when a judge signed off on allowing the IRS to share information about illegal migrants.
Judge: Plan does not violate the Internal Revenue Code
According to Just the News, that decision came down on Monday from U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, who Trump appointed during his first term.
Friedrich's ruling came in response to a lawsuit which was brought by the immigrant rights group Centro de Trabajadores Unidos.
The lawsuit challenged a new rule allowing the IRS to provide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with current addresses of illegal migrants.
"At its core, this case presents a narrow legal issue: Does the Memorandum of Understanding between the IRS and DHS violate the Internal Revenue Code? It does not," Friedrich was quoted as stating in her order.
DHS assistant secretary welcomes Friedrich's decision
"The Court agrees that requesting and receiving information for civil enforcement purposes would constitute a cognizable injury, but none of the organizations have established that such an injury is imminent," she continued.
"As the plaintiffs acknowledge, the Memorandum only allows sharing information for criminal investigations," the federal judge went on to add.
Fox News reported that Friedrich's decision was welcomed by Tricia McLaughlin, who serves as assistant secretary of public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.
She said in a statement that information sharing is necessary to "determine what public safety and terror threats may exist so we can neutralize them, scrub these individuals from voter rolls, as well as identify what public benefits these aliens are using at taxpayer expense."
McLaughlin calls ruling "a victory for the American people and for commonsense"
"Under President Trump’s leadership, the government is finally doing what it should have all along—sharing information across the federal government to solve problems," the DHS official declared.
McLaughlin recalled how "Biden not only allowed millions of illegal aliens—including gang members, suspected terrorists, and violent criminals—to flood into our country, but he also lost them due to incompetence and improper processing."
Assistant secretary went on to say that Friedrich's ruling amounted to "a victory for the American people and for commonsense."