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Trump admin threatens to withhold SNAP funding to 21 states over immigration data refusal

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday threatened to withhold SNAP funding from states that don't provide the government with data about the immigration status of recipients.Rollins said during a Cabinet meeting that the Trump administration's request from February is intended to root out fraud in SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, to protect benefits for those who need them and also ensure taxpayer dollars aren't wasted.She said that 29 Republican-led states have complied with the data request, which resulted in the discovery of several types of fraud, such as benefits being p...

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