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From: The Washington Times | December 14, 2009
DENVER -- The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that authorities violated the constitutional privacy rights of illegal immigrants when they seized their tax records in an identify-theft investigation, a decision that infuriated illegal-immigration foes. In a 4-3 decision, the court upheld a March ruling by a Weld County district judge, who held that tax returns are confidential and that prosecutors had no right to search one of the defendants' tax filings. Weld County authorities are believed to be the first to use tax records to prosecute suspected illegal aliens. More than 70 people were charged with criminal impersonation and theft ...
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