Trump Administration Under Fire For Giving Personal Medicaid Info To Deportation Officials

President Donald Trumps mission is to deport alleged illegal immigrants from the United States.  His latest tactic has brought his administration under fire as he allegedly has been quietly handing over the personal information of millions of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials.

According to a report officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) handed over a dataset on Medicaid enrollees in California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington, D.C., according to The Associated Press. All these states allow non-U.S. citizens to receive Medicaid benefits. An internal memo and emails showing that two top advisers to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the data sharing and gave the CMS 45 minutes to comply. The data includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers and immigration status.

If true some are saying that it is potentially unlawful, while the White House insists that it is lawful.

All states must legally provide emergency Medicaid services to non-U.S. citizens, including to those who are lawfully present but have not yet met a five-year wait to apply for Medicaid.  Seven states, along with the District, allow immigrants who are not living legally in the country to enroll — with full benefits — in their state’s Medicaid program.

This revelation comes while Marines entered the greater Los Angeles area to support National Guard members protecting federal buildings, in the m midst of continued protests in Los Angeles are primarily driven by opposition to the Trump administration’s policies, particularly its approach to immigration enforcement, including workplace raids and increased deportations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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