Trump Administration To Halt SNAP Benefits In Democrat States For 'Hiding' Immigration Information: 'No Data, No Money'

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Trump will halt federal SNAP funding to Democrat-led states that refuse to disclose beneficiary data, including immigration status. USDA officials say noncompliant states will lose funds next week, citing prior findings of widespread SNAP fraud and reimbursement of stolen benefits. Recent investigations uncovered multimillion-dollar fraud schemes involving food-stamp payments and bribery.

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00:03Trump will suspend federal SNAP aid to Democrat-led states that refuse to disclose beneficiary data,

00:09including immigration status, according to Benzinga.

00:12Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said 29 Republican-led states submitted information

00:17requested in February, while California, New York, Minnesota, and others did not.

00:22Rollins said the USDA will stop moving federal funds into non-compliant states next week

00:27until they provide the data.

00:29The administration's latest move follows earlier actions that included claims of widespread

00:33SNAP fraud, including payments to deceased individuals and people receiving benefits

00:38in multiple states.

00:39The Government Accountability Office estimated that states reimbursed more than $320 million

00:44in stolen benefits from October 2022 to December 2024.

00:49The USDA uncovered a $66 million food stamp fraud and bribery scheme in June that resulted

00:55in the arrests of a USDA employee and five others.

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