Massachusetts attorney general sues Trump administration for sharing health data with ICE
Updated: 3:01 PM EDT Jul 2, 2025
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is suing to stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from giving federal immigration officials access to personal health data.Campbell and 19 other state attorneys general allege the Trump administration is breaking the law by pulling the information of Medicaid members into a “mass deportations” database. “These actions are yet another example of the administration creating unnecessary fear and confusion among our residents. Congress has made it clear that emergency Medicaid coverage extends to all individuals, regardless of immigration status,” Campbell said in a statement provided by her office.According to her statement, the states learned about the data transfer through news reports last month. The state officials are asking the court to block the administration from transferring personally identifiable Medicaid data to DHS and prevent DHS from using the data to conduct immigration enforcement. Other states participating in the lawsuit are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Also this week, Campbell joined a coalition of 16 state attorneys general in suing the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for illegally withholding congressionally approved funding for mental health programs in K-12 schools.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is suing to stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from giving federal immigration officials access to personal health data.
Campbell and 19 other state attorneys general allege the Trump administration is breaking the law by pulling the information of Medicaid members into a “mass deportations” database.
“These actions are yet another example of the administration creating unnecessary fear and confusion among our residents. Congress has made it clear that emergency Medicaid coverage extends to all individuals, regardless of immigration status,” Campbell said in a statement provided by her office.
According to her statement, the states learned about the data transfer through news reports last month.
The state officials are asking the court to block the administration from transferring personally identifiable Medicaid data to DHS and prevent DHS from using the data to conduct immigration enforcement.
Other states participating in the lawsuit are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
Also this week, Campbell joined a coalition of 16 state attorneys general in suing the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for illegally withholding congressionally approved funding for mental health programs in K-12 schools.
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