Lawsuit challenges USDA demand for food stamp data as some states prepare to comply

[jmbar2]

What go go wrong with this? Not only can they hunt immigrants, but it would open the door for Secy Brainworm to start policing the food poor people can purchase.

JFC...

A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture's demand for sensitive data about millions of food assistance recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states are preparing to comply with the unprecedented request which could be used to achieve Trump administration priorities, such as immigration enforcement.

In new guidance issued earlier this month, the USDA told states they must turn over data to the agency, through their third-party payment processors, "including but not limited to" names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and addresses of all applicants and recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, going back more than five years. More than 40 million people rely on the assistance each month.

The guidance warns failure to make the data available "may trigger noncompliance procedures," which can mean legal action and withholding funds.

https://www.klcc.org/npr-politics/2025-05-22/lawsuit-challenges-usda-demand-for-food-stamp-data-as-some-states-prepare-to-comply

[RJ-MacReady]

1. Blue states

Must ignore this and refuse to comply.

[jmbar2]

2. If he cuts medicare/medicaid funding and this goes through as well...

...it may crash blue state budgets. I'm in Oregon, where Medicaid was expanded. The state will be under extreme pressure if it loses both federal funding for both Medicaid AND SNAP benefits.

I believe that is the goal.