Tag:ICE
On Thin ICE: PBNDS Violations and the Collapse of Compliance in Immigration Detention Centers
Last month, 60,000 people were detained by ICE (United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement) – a new record for the United States. Once individuals are taken into custody during an ICE raid, a new set of high-risk regulatory and constitutional compliance issues emerge. ICE, and cooperating law enforcement agencies, are supposed to adhere to multiple statutory and internal standards that govern how detainees are identified, processed, housed, and given access to legal and medical protections. Compliance failures at this stage are some of the most frequent sources of civil-rights litigation, class actions, and federal court injunctions. The distance between what the standards require, and how detention facilities are actually operating right now, raises an urgent question: what does a regulatory regime mean when the agency tasked with enforcing it is the first to ignore it?
The IRS-ICE Data Sharing Deal: A New Era of Regulatory Compliance Challenges
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reportedly nearing an agreement to share limited taxpayer data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), marking a significant departure in tax enforcement and immigration policy. This potential deal would allow ICE and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to verify whether names and addresses match filed tax records, purportedly to facilitate immigration enforcement efforts. However, this agreement raises concerns about taxpayer privacy, legal and corporate compliance, and potential declines in tax participation, which could undermine both federal revenue tax collection and trust in the tax system.