Ice Granted Unprecedented Access To Medicaid Database To Help Identify And Deport Illegal Immigrants

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was precocious granted entree to Medicaid enrollee data, aiding officers tasked pinch fulfilling nan Trump administration's nonsubjective of search down and deporting forbidden immigrants. 

Medicaid, which uses payer dollars to supply health insurance to low-income adults and children, has much than 71 cardinal enrollees arsenic of March 2025.

The accusation shared pinch ICE will see location addresses and ethnicities, according to a study from The Associated Press. 

The agreement, brokered betwixt nan Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and nan Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was signed Monday, according to nan report. 

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The Department of Homeland Security will person entree to Medicaid enrollee data, according to nan report. (AP Newsroom)

Though nan existent number of forbidden immigrants connected Medicaid is unknown, astir 1.4 cardinal group presently connected Medicaid do not meet citizenship and migration position requirements for Medicaid enrollment, according to a archive from nan Congressional Budget Office.

DHS adjunct caput Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital nan inaugural will guarantee forbidden immigrants do not person taxpayer-funded wellness benefits.

"President Trump consistently promised to protect Medicaid for eligible beneficiaries," McLaughlin wrote successful a statement. "To support that committedness aft Joe Biden flooded our state pinch tens of millions of forbidden aliens CMS and DHS are exploring an inaugural to guarantee that forbidden aliens are not receiving Medicaid benefits that are meant for law-abiding Americans."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents look complete lists of names and their proceeding times and locations wrong nan Federal Plaza courthouse earlier making arrests connected June 27, 2025 successful New York. (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

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The woody was signed weeks aft California and 19 different states sued nan Trump administration for transferring Medicaid information to nan DHS. 

"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) handed complete a trove of individuals’ protected wellness information obtained from States, including California, Illinois, and Washington, to different national agencies, including nan Department of Homeland Security (DHS)," according to tribunal documents. "Millions of individuals’ wellness accusation was transferred without their consent, and successful usurpation of national law."

Residents situation national and Border Patrol agents who scheme their flight aft an migrant ambush connected Atlantic Blvd. successful Bell, Califonia connected June 19, 2025.  (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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The suit claims nan public’s delicate wellness information tin only beryllium utilized for purposes that Congress has authorized, accusing nan Trump management of violating national laws including nan Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and nan Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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The Associated Press and Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.