Trump’s HHS orders state Medicaid programs to help find undocumented immigrants

KFF Health News – Monday, November 3, 2025
By Phil Galewitz

The Trump administration has ordered states to investigate certain individuals enrolled in Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states reporting they’ve together received more than 170,000 names — an “unprecedented” step by the federal government that ensnares the state-federal health program in the president’s immigration crackdown.

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