Obama-Appointed Judge Greenlights Trump Deportation Push — ICE Allowed to Use Medicaid Data to Track and Deport Illegal Aliens After Blue-State Block Fails

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria was appointed by former President Barack Obama, who nominated him in 2014 to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

In a major victory for border enforcement and the rule of law, a federal judge has cleared the way for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use Medicaid data to locate and deport illegal aliens, rejecting a coordinated legal assault by Democrat-run states attempting to shield unlawful migrants from federal authorities.