Trump Administration Demands States Immediately Undo' Any Steps Taken to Issue SNAP Benefits

"The Trump administration is demanding states immediately undo any steps they've taken to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for the month of November. Some 42 million Americans rely on food assistance to make ends meet, but that ended on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown. Although the Trump administration has a $4 billion emergency fund for SNAP, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency order pausing a lower court ruling to restore the benefits."

"In a letter to Regional SNAP directors across the country this weekend, a USDA memo warned them to essentially cease and desist distributing any food benefits they called unauthorized. The U.S. Supreme Court granted the U.S. Department of Agriculture an administrative stay of the orders issued by the District Court of Rhode IslandPending any explicit direction to the contrary from Food and Nutrition Services (FNS), States must not transmit full benefits insurance files to EBT processors."

"To the extend States sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025, this was unauthorized. Accordingly, States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025. Please advise the appropriate FNS Regional Office representative of steps taken to correct any action taken that do not comply with this memorandum. The end of SNAP has led to huge lines at food banks across the country just before Thanksgiving."

The Trump administration has demanded that states immediately undo any steps taken to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025. Approximately 42 million Americans depend on SNAP, but benefits stopped on Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown. The USDA holds a $4 billion emergency SNAP fund, but the U.S. Supreme Court granted an administrative stay pausing a lower-court order that would have restored benefits. A USDA memo instructed regional SNAP directors that states must not transmit full benefits files to EBT processors and must reverse any unauthorized full-payment transmissions. The pause has caused long food-bank lines ahead of Thanksgiving.

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