ICE will soon have nation’s Medicaid data
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Todd Lyons, the acting ICE director, told CBS News he will allow agents to continue wearing masks due to concerns about their safety.
The plan is the latest step by the Trump administration to gather sensitive information about people living in the U.S. as it seeks to crack down on illegal immigration.
The Trump administration is granting ICE access to personal data of nearly 79 million Medicaid enrollees to ensure undocumented immigrants do not have access, which is already illegal. Cato Institute Director of immigration studies David Bier joins The Weekend to discuss.
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NewsNation on MSNNationwide protests target immigration policies, Medicaid cutsMore than 1,600 protests are planned across the country Thursday in honor of the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis.
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