LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON ― Democratic states that don’t hand over personal data on food aid recipients will lose administrative funding, the Trump administration said Tuesday. AdvertisementA federal court granted Democratic states’ request for an injunction blocking the demand in October, but USDA head Brooke Rollins said Tuesday noncompliant states would face consequences anyway. A spokesperson for the USDA said Rollins meant the USDA would withhold administrative funds, not money for food benefits themselves. Advertisement“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,” the spokesperson said, adding that 19 blue states are protecting “illegals” and “criminals” instead of providing the data. AdvertisementThe federal government covers the full cost of SNAP benefits but only half of the administrative cost of running the program, which it splits with states.
