Trump Administration Is Preparing To Overhaul SNAP Program

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00:00Trump administration is preparing to overhaul SNAP program. The Trump

00:05administration is preparing a major overhaul of the Supplemental Nutrition

00:09Assistance Program, requiring all current recipients to reapply for benefits.

00:14Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins outlined the plan in an interview with

00:18Newsmax, describing it as an across-the-board eligibility review aimed

00:22at improving program integrity and addressing long-standing issues of

00:26fraud and outdated records. According to Rollins, the reapplication requirement

00:30is intended to verify that beneficiaries still qualify under federal guidelines,

00:35including residency, citizenship status, income eligibility, and continued need.

00:39She emphasized that the administration's goal is not to remove legitimate recipients

00:43from the program, but to ensure taxpayer-funded assistance reaches those who are actually

00:48eligible. Rollins said her team uncovered more than 186,000 deceased individuals who

00:55were allegedly still listed as SNAP beneficiaries, calling the figure evidence of systemic failures

01:01in federal and state oversight. She also stated that the Department of Agriculture had asked

01:06all 50 states to submit SNAP records, including Social Security numbers, to help identify potential

01:12cases of fraud, duplicate enrollment, or non-citizens receiving benefits improperly.

01:18The move has sparked criticism from Democratic lawmakers and some advocacy groups who argue that

01:24requiring all recipients to reapply could create administrative barriers for vulnerable families and could

01:30potentially delay access to food assistance. Critics also contend that the administration is

01:35overstating the extent of fraud within the program. Supporters of the overhaul, however, say the

01:41reapplication process is necessary to modernize SNAP and restore accountability. Several states,

01:47predominantly Republican-led according to Rollins, have already provided the requested data and

01:52signaled support for the effort. The SNAP review is part of the administration's broader push to

01:57tighten oversight of federal assistance programs. As Rollins described it, the goal is to ensure

02:03benefits are reserved for eligible Americans and to reduce waste within one of the country's largest

02:08social safety net programs.