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WaPo: Trump Removes IRS Commissioner After a Conflict over Tax Data of Immigrants

HeadlineAug 11, 2025

On Friday, President Trump removed the head of the IRS shortly after a conflict over tax data used to help locate undocumented immigrants, according to a Washington Post report. IRS Commissioner Billy Long was a former Republican congressmember nominated by Trump to lead the agency and was only in the job for two months before he was removed.

The Department of Homeland Security had sent the IRS a list of tens of thousands of suspected undocumented immigrants, but the IRS was able to verify less than 3% of the names submitted. The White House then requested additional information, which the IRS declined to provide.

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