Medicaid can share data with ICE. Here's how that 180-degree change spreads fear

Dr. Acklema Mohammad checks a patient at El Nuevo San Juan Health Center in the Bronx in New York City in 2024. Community health clinics, like this one, are often located in immigrant communities and rely on Medicaid.

When Medicaid began sharing personal data with federal immigration authorities last year, it upended decades of explicit promises to patients. Now, even eligible immigrants fear getting the health coverage.

(Image credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)