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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Valley Democrat Jim Costa has signed a forceful letter, deciding to look disconnected with the Trump medication arsenic the IRS begins cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security.
"I deliberation it's a nationalist information issue," congressman Costa told Action News.
He and astir 50 different lawmakers present accidental they are "concerned" aft the statement was revealed successful a tribunal filing this month.
ICE would taxable names and addresses of undocumented immigrants with last removal orders, and the IRS would cheque that info against their payer records.
But the authorities redacted cardinal information. The "Description of the Records" was blacked retired entirely.
"What is it precisely that you privation to cognize from the medication astir this program?" we asked Costa.
"One, that they're protecting our privacy," helium said. "Number two, I privation to effort to marque definite that we support this invaluable workforce ... who enactment nutrient connected America's meal table."
Many undocumented workers person paid national taxes and into Social Security for years, utilizing the IRS ITIN program.
The authorities promised privacy.
"I deliberation the administration's effort present is precise clear," Costa said. "They privation to absorption connected workplace workers that are undocumented and deport them."
Just this week, ICE touted its crackdown connected workers, revealing successful a property merchandise that it "arrested implicit 1,000 amerciable alien workers ... since Jan. 20." The bureau says those workers lacked employment authorization.
"The constituent of the missive is to effort to guarantee that workplace workers who are present undocumented person an accidental to proceed to work," Costa said.
The missive requested the afloat unredacted IRS-DHS statement by Wednesday night. Costa's bureau tells Action News it is inactive waiting.
"Is determination immoderate narration that you person with the administration? Is determination immoderate nonstop enactment of connection there?" Action News asked.
"I privation the connection was overmuch better, fto maine enactment it that way," Costa said.
The Trump medication is present defending the statement betwixt the IRS and DHS successful national court.
Republicans accidental the authorities is yet doing what it should by aligning agencies to enforce the law.
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