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Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE
UNITED STATES, JUL 16 – The agreement allows ICE to access personal data of 79 million Medicaid enrollees during limited hours to identify undocumented immigrants as part of a broader immigration enforcement effort.
- According to the Associated Press, ICE gained access to personal data of 79 million Medicaid users, including home addresses and ethnicities, under an agreement signed Monday between CMS and DHS.
- Health and Human Services officials described the agreement as a cost-saving probe into improper Medicaid enrollments first reported last month, noting that people living in the U.S. illegally are ineligible for the program.
- Access to the data is restricted to weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until September 9, allowing ICE to track “the location of aliens” nationwide.
- Lawmakers and governors reacted, with Senator Adam Schiff declaring, “This massive violation of our privacy laws must be halted immediately.”
- Enforcement efforts surged, sweeping up thousands of immigrants, and it remains unclear whether DHS officials have accessed the Medicaid data yet.
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ICE demands data from landlords
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