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Trump Administration Shares Immigrant Medicaid Data With Deportation Officials

HHS advisers ordered CMS to transfer names, addresses, Social Security numbers and immigration status data of millions of enrollees to DHS despite legal and ethical objections

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer granted an emergency temporary restraining order to stop President Trump's deployment of the California National Guard, Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco.
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FILE - President Donald Trump, from left, speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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Overview

  • On June 10, Health and Human Services directed CMS to hand over millions of immigrant Medicaid records to the Department of Homeland Security
  • The dataset covers enrollees in California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington, D.C., including personal identifiers and claims information
  • CMS officials argued the transfer violated the Social Security Act, the Privacy Act of 1974 and longstanding agency policy
  • Two top advisers to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overruled objections and gave CMS just 54 minutes to comply
  • California Governor Gavin Newsom warned the data could facilitate targeted immigration raids and labeled the move potentially unlawful