The Trump administration is sharing personal details of 79 million Medicaid enrollees with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This includes sensitive information such as names, addresses, ethnicities, birth dates, and Social Security numbers, according to an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security. Though ICE can access this data only during specific hours, the agreement aims to help track undocumented immigrants, reinforcing claims of fraud in Medicaid. Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for such benefits, heightening scrutiny surrounding their access to welfare programs.
The Trump administration is reportedly handing the personal information of all 79 million Medicaid enrollees to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), giving vast power to the rogue agency as it ravages communities across the U.S.
The data includes names, addresses, ethnicity and race, birth dates, and Social Security numbers of Medicaid enrollees, per an agreement signed between Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Homeland Security.
The agreement says that the information sharing is meant to help ICE track down "the location of aliens" in the U.S.
Tricia McLaughlin said that the agreement exists for the purpose of "exploring an initiative to ensure that illegal aliens are not receiving Medicaid benefits that are meant for law-abiding Americans."
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