The Trump administration shared immigrant Medicaid enrollees' data with Homeland Security, raising privacy and deportation fears despite legal and ethical concerns.

A newly obtained government memo reveals that immigration officials received access to Medicaid data to assist in deportation efforts. California was among the states affected. Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized the move,

The Trump administration gave federal immigration authorities access to personal data on millions of Medicaid enrollees this week, including information from Washington.