ICE will soon have nation’s Medicaid data
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An agreement between the Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid was obtained by the AP. The report indicates that ICE will be able to access personal data, including addresses and ethnicities of all 79 million Medicaid enrollees.
The immigration agency will use Medicaid data to identify and locate people it believes are in the country unlawfully.
Todd Lyons, the acting ICE director, told CBS News he will allow agents to continue wearing masks due to concerns about their safety.
The Trump administration is granting ICE access to personal data of nearly 79 million Medicaid enrollees to ensure undocumented immigrants do not have access, which is already illegal. Cato Institute Director of immigration studies David Bier joins The Weekend to discuss.
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