A federal judge on Monday declined to halt the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from sharing immigrants' tax information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), clearing the way for continued collaboration aimed at identifying and deporting individuals living in the U.

A federal judge on Monday denied a preliminary injunction that sought to block a data-sharing agreement between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

A federal judge on Monday refused to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.