ICE granted unprecedented access to Medicaid database to help identify and deport illegal immigrants

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was recently granted access to Medicaid enrollee data, aiding officers tasked with fulfilling the Trump administration's objective of tracking down and deporting illegal immigrants. Medicaid, which uses taxpayer dollars to provide health insurance to low-income adults and children, has more than 71 million enrollees as of March 2025. The information shared with ICE will include home addresses and ethnicities, according to a report from The Associated Press. The agreement, brokered between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Homeland Security...