The immigration agency will use Medicaid data to identify and locate people it believes are in the country unlawfully.

A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said sharing data between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, fell within the department's legal authority.

The Trump administration is allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to access the personal information of Medicaid enrollees to assist them in catching illegal immigrants. ICE will now be able to access the home address and ethnicities,