Stitt orders state agencies to check immigration status for food programs

Stitt orders state agencies to check immigration status for food programs

Gov. Stitt circumvented the Legislature with an executive order that will require an immigration check for applicants to food programs.

Stitt Signs Order Increasing Welfare Eligibility Verification

Governor Kevin Stitt has signed an executive order directing state agencies to increase immigration-status verification for public assistance programs. The order instructs the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to use the federal SAVE database to verify the legal status of applicants. The verification process would apply to programs including Medicaid, SNAP, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. “W