Wednesday’s edition of the PBS News Hour allowed on yet another unlabeled liberal or Democrat-linked critic of Trump as guest expert, defending the dubious idea of tax-related privacy rights for illegal immigrants.
WILLIAM BRANGHAM: For decades, the IRS encouraged undocumented immigrants to file their taxes, with the assurance that their data would be protected. But now this unprecedented agreement would give authorities who want to deport migrants access to personal records that include job information, home addresses and more. It comes less than a week before Tax Day and after a tumultuous few months that also saw mass layoffs across the agency. So, to help understand what this all could mean we are joined now by Natasha Sarin. She`s the president of the Budget Lab at Yale University.
Natasha Sarin worked for the Treasury Department for two years during the Biden administration, but PBS wouldn’t tell you that.