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Trump Plans to Hand Taxpayer Data to Homeland Security to Speed Up Deportations (truthout.org)
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The system, which would enable sharing of massive amounts of sensitive data, may be launched before the end of July.

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[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Don't be intentionally stupid. It's done via the exact same mechanism that your taxes get paid when you get your paycheck, associated with their ITIN instead of a SSN. Payroll systems are automated; virtually no employer handles payroll themselves, just like virtually no website handles credit card transactions themselves.