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Trump Administration Moves to Stop Illegal Immigrants Getting SNAP Benefits

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins directed the Food and Nutrition Service to clarify and enforce all rules restricting its beneficiaries to U.S. citizens and legal residents.

SNAP benefits are distributed nationwide to low- and no-income households that might otherwise struggle to afford groceries.

Immigrants without legal status typically do not qualify for federal benefits.

Republican critics say there has been widespread fraud in the system.