February 6, 2026
Medicaid-ICE Data Sharing Forces Hospital Warnings
CMS shares 79 million Medicaid patients' addresses with ICE for deportations
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What you can do
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If you live in one of the 22 states that sued, contact your state attorney general's office to monitor ongoing litigation and enforcement of the court's protective order
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If you're in one of the 28 states where ICE has unrestricted access, contact your state Medicaid office and demand transparency about what patient data is being shared and how patients are being notified
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Ask your hospital or health care provider directly whether they're warning patients that Medicaid enrollment information may be shared with ICE
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Contact your U.S. senators and representative to demand congressional oversight hearings on the CMS-ICE data sharing agreement and legislation to prohibit using health care enrollment data for immigration enforcement