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Jul 20, 2025 ICE accessed Medicaid data to locate immigrants believed to be unlawfully present Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
Repurposing a safety-net database for enforcement violates expectations of privacy for a vulnerable population.
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- ICE confirmed use of Medicaid data to track undocumented immigrants — During the same CBS interview, Todd Lyons confirmed that ICE has obtained and is using Medicaid data to identify and locate immigrants believed to be in the US unlawfully. Critics note that undocumented immigrants are ineligible for Medicaid, raising privacy and data-misuse concerns. The revelation highlights the administration's use of government databases for immigration enforcement targeting.
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Week 27 – 2025-07-19–2025-07-25
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