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

The Trump administration is forging ahead with a plan that is sure to fuel alarm across California's immigrant communities: handing over the personal data of millions of Medicaid recipients to federal immigration officials who seek to track down people living in the U.

A new federal agreement will give ICE access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s Medicaid enrollees.