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

An agreement signed this week grants Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to personal data for the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees. Making the data available to ICE — which includes home addresses,

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.