{"id":34641,"date":"2025-08-19T20:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34641"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:28:46","slug":"trump-fires-irs-commissioner-for-attempting-to-protect-illegal-aliens-usa-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34641","title":{"rendered":"Trump Fires IRS Commissioner For Attempting To Protect Illegal Aliens \u2013 usa news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content single-content\">\n<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"209\">\n<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"209\">\n<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"209\"><strong data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"209\">Trump Fires IRS Chief Over Immigration Clash<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1794805\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"653\">The Trump administration has sent a clear signal: \u201cThe protection of illegal immigrants from enforcement actions will not be accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"653\">IRS Commissioner Billy Long was fired after refusing to fully cooperate with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) request to verify addresses of 40,000 suspected illegal immigrants using taxpayer data.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"653\">The IRS confirmed fewer than 3% \u2014 a move seen by Trump allies as obstructing immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"825\">Long insisted the IRS would only share data \u201cwithin the limited scope of its existing agreements with DHS,\u201d defying a broader directive from Trump expanding ICE\u2019s access.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"827\" data-end=\"861\"><strong data-start=\"827\" data-end=\"861\">Shift in Leadership and Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1058\">Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will take over the IRS temporarily. The Treasury thanked Long but emphasized a shift toward \u201ca different course\u201d in line with Trump\u2019s stricter immigration agenda.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1060\" data-end=\"1088\"><strong data-start=\"1060\" data-end=\"1088\">IRS Overhaul in Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1240\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The IRS is also undergoing deep cuts \u2014 a 25% workforce reduction \u2014 as part of Trump\u2019s broader effort to shrink the agency and enforce immigration law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1743972\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1795289\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Fires IRS Chief Over Immigration Clash The Trump administration has sent a clear signal: \u201cThe protection of illegal immigrants from enforcement actions will not be accepted.\u201d IRS Commissioner Billy &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34643,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34641\/revisions\/34643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}