WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, demanded answers and accountability from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after the agency admitted in a court filing that the flawed system it adopted to transfer people's home addresses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) potentially led to thousands of records being shared improperly in violation of taxpayer privacy laws. In a new letter (http://finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ltr_to_irs_and_dhs_on_improper_disclosures_-_021226pdf.pdf) to Acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent ...