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Democrats have spent years insisting that illegal aliens don\u2019t receive federal benefits like SNAP, Medicaid, and Medicare. Every time Republicans try to pass legislation explicitly barring illegal aliens from those programs, Democrats oppose it. Every time they accuse Trump of \u201ccutting Medicaid,\u201d what they really mean is he\u2019s cutting Medicaid for illegal aliens. And now, demanding that Medicaid stop sharing data with ICE, they have confirmed the contradiction so cleanly that even their own allies noticed.<\/p>\n
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The question writes itself: if illegal aliens aren\u2019t receiving Medicaid, why would Medicaid have data relevant to ICE deportation proceedings?<\/p>\n
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Democratic senators sent letters to HHS and DHS demanding that Medicaid data sharing with ICE be shut down, citing a federal injunction from a California judge that limits what health information can be shared. They described the administration\u2019s use of Medicaid records as \u201clawlessness\u201d and an \u201cabuse of sensitive health information.\u201d<\/p>\n
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