US judge orders DOGE to disclose role in sharing taxpayer data with ICE

Published Aug 25, 06:46 PM UTC

A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, to disclose its involvement in facilitating the sharing of tax and Social Security data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for immigration enforcement. The ruling, by Judge Indira Talwani, requires the government to turn over DOGE's communications and related records by September 14, rejecting claims that all required materials had been provided. The data sharing, part of President Trump's mass deportation agenda, was challenged by immigrant rights groups, who secured a preliminary injunction in February limited to the IRS. The judge noted the government's refusal created a 'significant gap' in evaluating the plaintiffs' claims. DOGE had been granted unprecedented access to internal government data across multiple agencies, ostensibly to root out waste, but the article notes this never happened. Potential benefits to Musk's businesses, including xAI, remain under investigation.