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California Senators Fight Trump’s Medicaid Deportation Data Use

6/20/2025

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California senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla are taking a stand against the Trump administration's use of Medicaid data for deportations, raising serious ethical and privacy alarms. They are calling for the destruction of sensitive information about noncitizens. Meanwhile, Oregon is racing against a July 30 deadline to respond to a federal demand for similar personal data.

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Story summary

California senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla are taking a stand against the Trump administration's use of Medicaid data for deportations, raising serious ethical and privacy alarms. They are calling for the destruction of sensitive information about noncitizens. Meanwhile, Oregon is racing against a July 30 deadline to respond to a federal demand for similar personal data.