The government sent an inquiry for 1.2 million people to obtain their last known addresses.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
The claim that the government sent an inquiry for about 1.2 million people seeking their last known addresses is supported by the Treasury inspector general's report and by Reuters.
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… So the DHS would like to know the last known addresses of essentially every undocumented person in the United States. So they they sent an inquiry for 1.2 million people. Uh uhm, and they didn't really fill in the part about address. 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 …
The Lawfare Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The TIGTA report states that in June 2025 ICE requested address information for over 1.2 million records from the IRS, and that the IRS responded by providing last-known addresses for about 47,000 people.[3][6]
Supports. Reuters reports that ICE had requested as many as 1.28 million taxpayer addresses, and the court ruling describes the IRS disclosing roughly 47,000 of them.[1]
Supports. AP and Politico both report that ICE asked the IRS for last known addresses and related information on more than 1.2 million people, consistent with the claim.[2][5]
Context. A House-hosted statement that cites the court record says ICE asked for information on 1.28 million people, which matches the figure in the claim.[4]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1IRS under Trump unlawfully shared taxpayer info with immigration authorities, court rulesreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Watchdog report flags security risks in the IRS-ICE data ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3The IRS Provided Addresses for Nearly 47000 Persons to ...oversight.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4IRS CEO largely dodges questions about data sharing at IRS, SSAlarson.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5IRS failed to match taxpayer records with ICE data accurately, report findspolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6IRS Provided ICE with Addresses for 47000 Individualslinkedin.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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