ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
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This violation of privacy laws is another cruel part of the Trump administration's overzealous immigration policy, which also has ICE agents hunting immigrants in workplaces, churches and courthouses. Undocumented immigrants already can't receive Medicaid except in extreme humanitarian situations, and now many will likely to fail to receive life-saving treatments.