A federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to continue paying SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown.
Today is day 31 of the Schumer Shutdown and the funds for food stamp benefits were set to begin drying up on November 1.
More than 40 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits and the $5 billion emergency fund was not enough to cover the program for November.
Unions and nonprofit groups filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture earlier this week ahead of the November 1 cutoff.
US District Judge John McConnell, an Obama appointee, ordered Trump on Friday to use the emergency funds for the SNAP program.
CNBC reported:
A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ceasing to pay SNAP benefits that help feed 42 million Americans during the U.S. government shutdown.
The oral ruling by Judge Jack McConnell came a day before the administration was set to cut off that food stamp assistance.
Story by Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner
The effect on food and welfare support to the poor in the government shutdown has revealed that the noncitizen and illegal immigrant community has been benefiting from the taxpayer-funded programs more than American citizens — by far.
According to newly analyzed Census Bureau data, nearly half of the immigrant community taps into the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which was suspended in some states due to the shutdown
An analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies shared with Secrets Monday found that 47% of noncitizen households with children under 6 use the programs. For comparison, 31% of American citizen households use SNAP and WIC.
What’s more, added the center, “non-citizen households account for nearly one in five of all households with young children receiving WIC or SNAP.”
Obiden let this abuse get totally out of hand. It needs to be stopped and all welfare recipients should be drug tested every month and prove they have applied for jobs, or no freebies!!!!