Michigan AG joins coalition suing Trump Admin. for illegally sharing health data with ICE

LANSING,Mich.(WWMT)—MichiganAttorneyGeneralDanaNesselhasjoinedamulti-statecoalitionthatissuingtheTrumpAdministrationforillegallysharingpersonalhealthdatawithICE. Thelawsuit,accordingtotheDepartmentofAttorneyGeneral,challengestheU.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices’(HHS)decisiontoshareindividualpersonalhealthdatatotheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity(DHS),whichhousestheU.S.ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(ICE). Multipleattorneysgeneralarguethatthe“masstransfer”ofthisdataviolatesthelaw,andhaveaskedthecourttobaranynewtransfersoruseofthedataforimmigrationenforcementpurposes. Ourpersonalhealthcaredataisexactlythat:personal,”Nesselsaid.“ItshouldremainconfidentialandbeaccessibleonlytoagenciesdirectlyinvolvedwithMedicaid.ThisunlawfulmovebytheTrumpAdministrationtograntaccesstounrelatedentitieswillundoubtedlyharmthehealth,privacy,andwell-beingofallMichiganders.Iremaincommittedtoprotectingourpr