Sacramento, California – The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is raising alarms over what it describes as a “systemic loophole” that has enabled over a million undocumented immigrants to enroll in taxpayer-funded Medicaid programs, placing increasing pressure on both federal and state budgets.
In California, the crisis has reached a boiling point. Governor Gavin Newsom recently requested two emergency loans totaling more than $6 billion to address growing budget shortfalls. A large portion of this deficit, officials say, stems from an unexpected surge in undocumented migrants enrolling in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program.
“So in the current year to cover undocumented individuals in Medi-Cal, we’re spending $9.5 billion total funds,” said Guadalupe Manriquez of the California Department of Finance…