ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir
Federal officials have admitted that Medicaid data, including sensitive information on millions of people, was improperly shared with ICE and subsequently transferred to the data analytics firm Palantir. This follows a court order that had previously restricted such data sharing for immigration enforcement.
Why it matters
The incident raises significant concerns regarding government data privacy, the misuse of health records for immigration enforcement, and the role of private tech firms in state surveillance.
After Medicaid officials improperly shared data about millions of people in January with immigration officials, ICE then shared that data with the data analytics firm Palantir , according to new court filings. Palantir operates an app called ELITE that is used by ICE agents to show the addresses of noncitizens who may be subject to deportation.
That revelation was made public in a motion filed Thursday by more than 20 Democratic attorneys general who sued the Trump administration last year over its data-sharing agreement between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and ICE.
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