Natalie Alms reports:
The Labor Department is planning to require states to hand over sensitive unemployment information in the name of fighting fraud. The plan, detailed in a notice of proposed rulemaking issued on Friday, would require states to hand over confidential unemployment claims information to federal officials.
The department is also considering creating a national claims database for oversight and audits, it says in the notice.
It’s the latest push for states to send more information to the federal government since Trump took office, some of which has been used for immigration enforcement.
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h/t, Joe Cadillic