Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture over the inability for migrants to access Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
A sweeping review of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) led by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has uncovered widespread fraud and abuse.
As the federal government shutdown halts funding for key welfare programs, alarming data is surfacing about immigrant reliance on and abuse of taxpayer-funded benefits.
The Trump administration said in a court filing that it will partially fund SNAP following two separate judges' rulings that the program is to continue running amid the ongoing government shutdown.