US EditionTrump administration says it will withhold SNAP from Democrat-led states if they don’t provide data
The USDA targets 21 Democratic states withholding SNAP administrative funds amid refusal to share recipient data, citing fraud concerns affecting 42 million participants nationwide, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it will withhold Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds from most Democratic-controlled states starting next week until they provide requested individual data, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said.
- Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture requested all 50 states to provide SNAP data, with Brooke Rollins saying 29 red states complied but 21 blue states refuse.
- About 42 million SNAP recipients rely on benefits averaging about $190 per person, while Rollins identified California, New York and Minnesota as noncompliant states.
- Democratic states quickly sued to block the requirement, courts traded rulings on benefit cuts during the shutdown, and some states funded benefits themselves while boosting food banks.
- This year the SNAP program has drawn unusual attention, with work requirements expanding to include people ages 55 to 64 and the recipient-records fight predating recent shutdown headlines.
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Comment: Using SNAP as leverage was bad idea first time around
HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington The White House says it intends to suspend food aid in blue states that refuse to surrender data on recipients. Comment: Using SNAP as leverage was bad idea first time around Wire Service
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Trump Admin Threatens To Freeze SNAP For Blue States Over Immigration Data
The Trump administration threatened to begin withholding federal food assistance from dozens of Democratic-led states next week after officials refused to turn over SNAP recipients’ names and immigration statuses. According to NBC News, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the food assistance freeze on Tuesday (December 2) for the 21 Democratic-led states that declined to comply with the department’s February data request. “So as of ne…
Trump admin plans to keep some SNAP funding from Democrat led states. Can it?
Even though the government shutdown has ended, controversy about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal program that provides approximately 42 million Americans in need with access to food continues this weekend.
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