US EditionTrump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE
UNITED STATES, JUL 16 – The agreement enables ICE to access sensitive data of 79 million Medicaid enrollees to identify illegal immigrants, triggering lawsuits from 20 states over privacy law violations.
- 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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Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ data to ICE
WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States, according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press. The information will give ICE officials the ability to find “the location of aliens” across the country, says the agreemen…
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