Monitor whether this chilling effect translates into actual policy changes around tax enforcement or data-sharing between IRS and ICE, which would elevate constitutional concerns significantly.
This represents a genuine chilling effect on civil rights (immigrants avoiding legal obligations due to fear), but the mechanism is norm_erosion_only with no direct institutional lever or policy change. The A-score reflects real harm to due process and civil liberties, but remains below 25 due to indirect nature and narrow affected population. The B-score is higher because this is a media-friendly human interest story that generates emotional response without requiring deep policy analysis, and the coverage volume likely exceeds the governance substance of a behavioral chilling effect.