US EditionStates File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration over Efforts to Collect SNAP Recipients' Data
UNITED STATES, JUL 29 – Twenty states and Washington, D.C. challenge the USDA's demand for sensitive SNAP recipient data, citing privacy violations and threats to federal funding, with 5 million Californians affected.
- A coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the USDA's order demanding sensitive SNAP data.
- The USDA asked states to turn over SNAP data by July 30, 2025, following an executive order from May requiring records from January 1, 2020, according to Colorado officials.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James said the USDA's order demands data that violate privacy laws, as part of a lawsuit challenging the SNAP data disclosure.
- States face funding cuts if California does not comply by Wednesday, as the lawsuit seeks to block the data transfer and agency officials threatened to withhold funding.
- In California, SNAP served more than 4.2 million people in fiscal 2024, highlighting its broad impact nationwide.
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The U.S. government’s deportation tactics are sowing fear and mistrust among many immigrant communities and civil rights advocates. It’s no wonder, then, that Hawaii is among some 20 states that filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand to turn over personal information of millions of people receiving federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food aid.
20 States, D.C., Sue Over Over SNAP Data Access
A consortium of 20 states and Washington, D.C., have filed a lawsuit challenging the USDA’s demands they turn over the personal information of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients. In May, the USDA made an unprecedented demand that states turn over massive amounts of personal information on all SNAP applicants and recipients, including Social Security numbers and home addresses dating back five years, to prevent fraud and abuse. …
California, Other Blue States Sue Trump Over SNAP USDA Demands
YouTube @ KTLA 5 Twenty Democrat-led states are suing the Trump Administration over new demands tied to food stamp recipients. The lawsuit claims the USDA is illegally seeking sensitive data on the 42 million people receiving SNAP benefits. The USDA demands require states to provide a list of individuals who have applied or are currently receiving SNAP benefits, list of their immigration statuses in the U.S., and information including their mari…
Colorado jumps onto lawsuit against USDA over demand for personal information of SNAP recipients
Colorado along with 19 other states and Washington, D.C., on Monday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary Brooke Rollins arguing that the federal agency’s demand that they hand over personal information — including social security numbers and home addresses — of individuals who rely on a government food assistance program is unconstitutional. The USDA in May told states to provide personal information about peo…
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