Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been granted access to the personal data of 79 million Medicaid users.

The immigration agency will use Medicaid data to identify and locate people it believes are in the country unlawfully.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States,