The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will investigate the State of California’s “Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI).”

“Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Los Angeles Field Office issued a Title 8 subpoena to the State of California’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI),” DHS announced.

“This program provides benefits to aliens who are ineligible for Social Security benefits because of their immigration status,” it added.

BREAKING: The state of California is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security for allegedly providing federal benefits to migrants who are in the U.S. illegally — ABC7

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) May 12, 2025

Per DHS:

The subpoena requests all records from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services – who administers the state program – to determine if ineligible illegal aliens received Supplemental Security Income (SSI) from the Social Security Administration, between January 2021 to present.

HSI Los Angeles is subpoenaing the following records:

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Applicant’s Name and Date of Birth

Copies of Applications

Immigration Status

Proof of Ineligibility for SSI from the Social Security Administration

Affidavits in Support of the Application

“Radical left politicians in California prioritize illegal aliens over our own citizens, including by giving illegal aliens access to cash benefits,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said.

“The Trump Administration is working together to identify abuse and exploitation of public benefits and make sure those in this country illegally are not receiving federal benefits or other financial incentives to stay illegally. If you are an illegal immigrant, you should leave now. The gravy train is over. While this subpoena focuses only on Los Angeles County – it is just the beginning,” she added.

🚨 JUST IN: The Trump admin has launched a probe into the state of CALIFORNIA for providing federal benefits to illegals

“Radical left politicians in California prioritize illegal aliens over our own citizens, including by giving illegal aliens access to cash benefits,” DHS… pic.twitter.com/QM6ReriWZd

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 12, 2025

Fox News reports:

The investigation comes more than a month after a separate study found that California is funneling billions of federal taxpayer dollars into paying for illegal immigrants. The Economic Policy Innovation Center [EPIC] report drew a line between California’s Medicaid provider taxes and what, on paper, appears to be nearly $4 billion in state funding going toward illegal immigrants’ healthcare and other initiatives.

But that funding is actually coming from the federal government, according to EPIC, via reimbursements to California.

“The state of California, colluding with insurance companies who cover Medicaid beneficiaries, has created one of the most outrageous ones yet, a money laundering scheme that results in California obtaining more than $19 billion in federal money without any state contribution over the period from April 2023 through December 2026,” EPIC’s report says.

The paper continued that those funds were “used to implement major expansions in the Medicaid program to fund illegal immigrants and long-term care (LTC) for the wealthy.”

A spokesperson for California’s Department of Healthcare Services pushed back on EPIC’s report, arguing it is “misleading” and urging people to visit a link on their website “for accurate information on this topic.”