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哥伦比亚特区巡回法院合议庭裁定，该机构将数据移交给移民执法部门的行为可能违反了联邦税务隐私法
作者：阿什利·J·迪梅拉 福克斯新闻
周二，一名法官在一桩涉及移民海关执法局（ICE）数据共享案件中，将美国国税局（IRS）的辩称斥为“站不住脚的蹩脚说辞”，批评者随即对这一联邦上诉法院的裁决发难，此举因裁决中罕见的措辞立即引发强烈反弹。
“地区法院允许国税局‘以密封形式’提交任何必要通知，从而将任何刑事调查活动免于披露，在此情况下，该辩称就是‘蹩脚说辞’，”哥伦比亚特区巡回法院法官科妮莉亚·皮拉德写道。她于2013年由前总统巴拉克·奥巴马任命。
“蹩脚说辞”是俚语，指那些缺乏实质内容、难以成立的事物。
这起诉讼的核心是，国税局在收到超过100万名疑似非法移民的信息请求后，将数万纳税人的地址分享给移民海关执法局，是否违反了联邦税务保密法。该案由全部由奥巴马任命法官组成的三人哥伦比亚特区巡回法院合议庭审理：皮拉德、帕特里夏·米利特和罗伯特·威尔金斯。
奥巴马任命法官在最新庭审交锋中痛批特朗普政府，建议律师参加律师资格考试
2013年6月4日，巴拉克·奥巴马总统在白宫玫瑰花园就提名联邦地区法官罗伯特·L·威尔金斯、上诉律师帕特里夏·安·米利特和法学教授科妮莉亚·皮拉德一事向媒体发表讲话。（肯·塞代诺/考比斯图片社/盖蒂图片社）
批评者迅速抨击皮拉德的“蹩脚说辞”言论，称其“令人难堪”，另有多人谴责该裁决。
“国土安全部强烈反对这一裁决。我们将继续利用所有合法可用的工具，定位并驱逐已下达最终驱逐令的非法外国人，这一裁决绝不会阻止我们这么做，”国土安全部周三告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“两名法官居然没有提醒撰写意见的法官换掉意思相同的不当措辞，这对法院来说是一种耻辱。如今这番话会被未来的案件引用，只会显得幼稚且不严肃，”保守派律师威廉·希普利在X平台上写道。
“三名反特朗普的奥巴马任命法官滥用权力，削弱基本的移民执法力度。联邦法院正面临司法诚信危机，”司法观察主席汤姆·菲顿在X平台上写道。
“任何人怎么会在任何正式文件中使用这种措辞？这超出了法律礼仪的范畴。完全就是不专业，”X平台上的一名用户说道。
“我完全支持使用通俗易懂的语言，但在司法意见中加入流行俚语的做法已经失控，”另一名用户发帖称。
“让法律写作重回正式规范，”华盛顿特区律师约书亚·普林斯在X平台上写道。
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“这是凯坦吉写的还是某个TikTok粉丝写的？简直是半文盲水平，”一名用户评论道。
原告包括纳税人权利中心、主要街道联盟和两个工会，他们辩称，国税局未能确保移民海关执法局的请求符合严格的法律要求。
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法官们维持了下级法院的禁令，阻止国税局使用当前流程向移民海关执法局提供纳税人信息，认定该程序未能遵守联邦税务保密法。法官们发现，移民海关执法局经常提交“要么不完整，要么信息填写不足”的申请，但国税局仍向其提供了数万纳税人的地址。
该裁决出台之际，唐纳德·特朗普总统将移民执法列为核心优先事项，指示政府扩大边境安全、拘留和驱逐行动，而移民海关执法局正在全国范围内加强逮捕行动。
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Obama judge’s peculiar Trump rebuke ignites fury over ‘unprofessional’ language: ‘Embarrassment’
September 9, 2026 10:00am EDT / Fox News
DC Circuit panel ruled the agency likely violated federal tax privacy law by handing data to immigration enforcement
By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News
Critics took aim Tuesday at a federal appeals court after a judge dismissed the IRS’ argument in an ICE data-sharing case as “weak sauce,” drawing immediate backlash over the unusual language in the ruling.
“That argument is ‘weak sauce’ where the district court has permitted the IRS to file any necessary notifications ‘under seal,’ thereby shielding any criminal investigative activity from disclosure,” wrote D.C. Circuit Judge Cornelia Pillard, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2013.
“Weak sauce” is slang for something that falls flat and lacks substance.
The lawsuit centers on whether the IRS violated federal tax-confidentiality law by sharing tens of thousands of taxpayer addresses with ICE after receiving requests for information on more than 1 million suspected illegal immigrants. The case was heard by a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel composed entirely of Obama appointees: Pillard, Patricia Millett and Robert Wilkins.
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President Barack Obama speaks to the press about his nomination of Robert L. Wilkins, a federal district judge, Patricia Ann Millett, an appellate lawyer, and Cornelia Pillard, a law professor, in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 4, 2013.(Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images)
Critics were quick to slam Pillard’s “weak sauce” comment, calling it an “embarrassment” while others slammed the ruling.
“DHS strongly disagrees with this ruling. We will continue using every lawful tool available to locate and remove illegal aliens with final orders of removal, and this ruling in no way prevents us from doing so,” DHS told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
“It’s an embarrassment to the Court that 2 judges would not have told the author to change a different phrase with the same meaning. Now that is going to be quoted/cited in future cases and it will look sophomoric and unserious,” said conservative attorney William Shipley on X.
“Three anti-Trump Obama judges abuse power to impair basic immigration law enforcement. We have a judicial integrity crisis in the federal courts,” wrote Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton on X.
“Why would anyone put that language in a professional document of any kind? That goes beyond legal decorum. It’s just unprofessional across the board,” said one user on X.
“I’m all for using accessible language, but the insertion of popular slang in judicial opinions is getting out of hand,” another posted to X.
“Make legal writing formal again,” wrote D.C. attorney Joshua Prince on X.
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ICE agents depart the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on Feb. 4, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.(John Moore/Getty Images)
“Did Ketanji write that or some TikTok fan girl? Borderline illiteracy,” said one user.
The plaintiffs—including the Center for Taxpayer Rights, Main Street Alliance and two labor unions—argued the IRS failed to ensure ICE’s requests met strict legal requirements.
APPEALS COURT BLOCKS TRUMP ADMIN FROM HOLDING MIGRANTS WITHOUT BOND FOR OVER 90 DAYS
President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office at the White House, Dec. 15, 2025.(Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)
The judges upheld a lower-court order blocking the IRS from using its current process to provide taxpayer information to ICE, finding that the procedure failed to comply with federal tax-confidentiality law. The judges found that ICE often submitted “either incomplete or insufficiently populated” information, yet the IRS still provided tens of thousands of taxpayer addresses.
The ruling comes as President Donald Trump has made immigration enforcement a central priority, directing the administration to expand border security, detention and deportations while ICE ramps up arrests nationwide.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the circuit court, DHS and IRS for comment.
Ashley J. DiMella reports on politics for Fox News Digital.
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