"Speaking at a cabinet meeting, Rollins said the USDA needed the data from each state to root out this fraud, to make sure that those who really need food stamps are getting them, but also to ensure that the American taxpayer is protected. Twenty-nine states said yes not surprisingly, the red states, and that's where all of that data, that fraud comes from. But 21 states including California, New York and Minnesota, blue states, continue to say no."
"USDA established a Snap integrity team to analyze not only data provided by states, but to scrub all available information to end indiscriminate welfare fraud. Twenty-eight states and Guam joined us in this fight; but states like California, New York and Minnesota, among 19 other blue states, keep fighting us. They choose to protect illegals, criminals and bad actors over the American taxpayer. We have sent Democrat states yet another request for data, and if they fail to comply, they will be provided with formal warning that USDA will pull their administrative funds."
The USDA is threatening to stop moving federal SNAP administrative funds to Democratic-led states that refuse to provide recipient data, potentially as soon as next week. Requested information includes immigration status and social security numbers. Twenty-nine states complied with federal requests while 21 states, including California, New York and Minnesota, declined. The USDA says it established a SNAP integrity team to analyze state data and other sources to detect indiscriminate welfare fraud and protect taxpayers. A USDA spokesperson accused resisting states of protecting undocumented immigrants and warned noncompliant states they could receive formal warnings and lose administrative funds.
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