WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop giving deportation officials access to personal information — including home addresses.

The order, issued by federal Judge Vince Chhabria in California, temporarily halts the health department from sharing personal data of enrollees in 20 states, which include California, Arizona, Washington and New York.

What they're saying:

"Using CMS data for immigration enforcement threatens to significantly disrupt the operation of Medicaid—a program that Congress has deemed critical for the provision of health coverage to the nation’s most vulnerable residents," Chhabria wrote in his decision, issued on Tuesday.

Access to personal information

The backstory:

The HHS first handed over the personal data

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