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‘‘Delete’ is one of their favorite terms’: Inside DOGE’s IRS takeover ahead of tax season
The chaos at the Internal Revenue Service began almost immediately after the first envoy from the Department of Government Efficiency arrived last month at the agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters.
During the transition, Werfel reached out multiple times to incoming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, seeking guidance on whether to resign or stay at the helm until Long was confirmed, to maintain stability amid tax season, according to a source familiar with the matter. Two immigrant-rights groups in Chicago sued the Treasury Department and IRS earlier this month and asked a judge to block the agency from sharing taxpayers’ identifying information with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement or DHS, as Trump pushes for more deportations. If that does happen, lawyers for the groups wrote in filings that it would subject their members “to harm in the form of the arrest, detention, or other deprivations of liberty associated with the Trump Administration’s stated intention to engage in mass actions against immigrants.”
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