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,

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

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons tells CBS News that the agency's access to personal data of Medicaid enrollees will help officers locate "people that have been lawfully deported" by a judge or released from a sanctuary jurisdiction.