CA Sues After Trump Demands Access to Food Stamp Recipients Data

Coalition of AGs sue Trump attempt to ‘weaponize’ SNAP data against program’s recipients

"SNAP recipients provided this information to get help feeding their families, not to be entered into a government surveillance database or be used as targets in the president’s inhumane immigration agenda," said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA).A lawsuit filed against the Trump administration by a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general, including Nevada’s, alleges that personal data mined from federal…

CA sues after Trump demands access to food stamp recipients data

The Trump administration told states to provide the data by July 30 or risk losing federal funding to administer the program. This content California sues after Trump demands access to sensitive data about food stamp recipients appeared first on inewsource.

Democrats Attempt to Shield Illegals on Food Stamps

Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general have filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from accessing data revealing the immigration statuses of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The lawsuit, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, says, “Never before, to Plaintiffs’ knowledge, has the federal government demanded that States turn over [Personal Identifying Information] on their entire SNAP caseloads, much…

21 States Sue To Cover Up Illegal Aliens On Food Stamps – The Washington Standard

How many illegal aliens are on food stamps? Enough that 21 states are covering it up. How many illegal aliens are on food stamps? The correct answer should be zero. The actual answer is a lawsuit being filed by 21 Dem states to prevent the federal government from finding out. This parallels the previous lawsuit by 20 states that I wrote about to stop correctly reclassifying multiple kinds of welfare for illegal aliens as federal public benefits.…

Tong Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Collection of SNAP Data

SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is a federally-funded, state-administered program providing billions of dollars in food assistance to tens of millions of low-income families across the country.