The government obtained 47,000 records in response to an inquiry regarding undocumented persons.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
The claim matches the passage's core point: ICE asked the IRS for address records on about 1.2 million people it considered undocumented, and the IRS provided last-known address information for approximately 47,000 individuals, per a TIGTA report. The post's claim is that the IRS, not a generic government body, supplied the records, and the sources do not contradict that framing.
What was said
… Uhm, they just they worked out a memo of understanding with the IRS and said that as long as you put in between five and nine digits, like sort of like a ZIP code, didn't remember, it didn't matter which digits they were, that would satisfy. And there was only one specified reason for the inquiry, the same theoretical criminal statute, and they got 47,000 records. So the Center for Tax Rights sued, and the three-judge panel, unanimous, Judge Millet, Pillard, and Wilkins, all said that all that this was a issued. …
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Supports. A TIGTA evaluation states that in June 2025 ICE requested address information for over 1.2 million records from the IRS, and the IRS provided last-known address information for approximately 47,000 individuals.[3]
Supports. The TIGTA report describes the request as an ICE inquiry tied to a memorandum of understanding and a court ruling, consistent with the passage's account of an inquiry with a single stated criminal-statute reason yielding about 47,000 records.[3]
Context. The Snopes and PolitiFact index pages in the set do not directly address the 47,000 figure, so the claim rests on the single TIGTA primary record.[1][2]
Sources
3 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary
- 1Department Of Homeland Security Articles - Snopes.comsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Homeland Security - PolitiFactpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3The IRS Provided Addresses for Nearly 47000 Persons to ...oversight.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
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