Wednesday’s edition of the PBS News Hour took on yet another unlabeled liberal or Democrat-linked critic of Trump as its guest expert on an issue, this time defending the dubious idea of tax-related privacy rights for illegal immigrants against DOGE’s budget cuts to the IRS, even warning viewers that the agency could implode during tax season as a result.
REPORTER 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…
