A federal judge is refusing to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.

The IRS has faced internal turmoil over the Trump administration's push to broaden access to taxpayer information.

A federal judge on Monday denied a preliminary injunction that sought to block a data-sharing agreement between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).