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ICE Has Now Been Granted Access to Medicaid Personal Data. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement gains access to 79 million Medicaid enrollees' personal data, raising privacy concerns.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement gains access to 79 million Medicaid enrollees' personal data, raising privacy concerns.
The states involved include Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. The administration’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” signed into law on July 4, 2025, includes $108 billion for immigration enforcement, alongside significant cuts to Medicaid and CHIP funding, projected to affect 11 million Americans over the next decade. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a Trump administration initiative, has been linked to efforts to aggregate federal benefit data, including Social Security and tax information, to assist ICE in immigration enforcement.
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