Trump Demands Medicaid Data for Deportation. Some States Go a Step Further.

By: Andrew Jones

Outlets: KFF Health News

Published: May 14, 2026

Words: 1,147

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement.

North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to flag recipients of Medicaid to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security if their legal status is in question.

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