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IRS sidelines dozens of top IT officials seen as possible ‘blockers’ to immigration enforcement data-sharing

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As many as 50 senior IT professionals at the Internal Revenue Service were placed on leave Friday .

The IRS is close to reaching an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to share location information of suspected undocumented immigrants as the administration works to ramp up deportations.

Some of the employees tried to go into the office Monday morning but were rebuffed, one source says.

The Treasury Department denies the leave is related to IRS data sharing disputes.