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MAOR WINNING!!!! USDA Directs States To Make Sure Illegal Immigrants Don't Receive Food Stamps
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) told states on April 24 to take steps to make sure illegal immigrants do not receive benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), colloquially known as food stamps.
States must at a minimum verify the identity of program applicants, collect applicants’ Social Security numbers, compare the Social Security numbers to the federal government’s Social Security death data, and check whether the applicants are listed in a Department of Homeland Security database as being in the country illegally, John Walk, the USDA’s acting deputy undersecretary for food, nutrition, and consumer services, said in a memorandum to states.
The USDA released a letter from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that advised states that they can now use the Department of Homeland Security’s database for free.
State agencies must also verify U.S. citizenship for applicants “for whom there is an indicia that the applicant’s claim to United States citizenship (whether natural born, naturalized, acquired, or derivative) is questionable,” Walk wrote.
Federal law allows U.S. citizens and some legal immigrants to receive SNAP benefits but prohibits illegal immigrants from receiving food stamps. About 11.7 percent—approximately $10.5 billion—of the SNAP benefits paid by the USDA in fiscal year 2023 were improper, including improper payments to illegal immigrants, the Government Accountability Office said in a 2024 report.
States “did not always verify certain program eligibility requirements,” including citizenship, the report stated.
USDA officials are also encouraging states to require the verification of U.S. citizenship for each SNAP applicant, as the law allows states to mandate verification of certain factors and increase the number of in-person interviews of applicants.
“Benefit fraud is unacceptable in all forms, including use by illegal aliens. This guidance serves as a foundation for future compliance endeavors that will not only deter, but end access to benefits by illegal aliens. I appreciate your attention and assistance in making certain only those eligible receive SNAP benefits,” Walk said in the memo.
Walk cited President Donald Trump’s Feb. 19 executive order directing the USDA to “enhance eligibility verification systems, to the maximum extent possible, to ensure that taxpayer-funded benefits exclude any ineligible alien who entered the United States illegally or is otherwise unlawfully present in the United States.”
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins earlier this year sent a letter to states that said her guiding principles for SNAP included taking action to minimize fraud and waste while enforcing legal requirements.
“The days in which taxpayer dollars are used to subsidize illegal immigration are over,” Rollins said in a statement on Thursday. “Today’s directive affirms that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will follow the law—full stop.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/usda-directs-states-make-sure-illegal-immigrants-dont-receive-food-stamps
Full list of 158 Democrats who voted against sex crime ban on immigrants The Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, introduced by Republican Senator Nancy Mace, passed in a 266-158 vote.
The 158 Democrats who voted against the bill are:
Alma Adams, North Carolina
Pete Aguilar, California
Gabe Amo, Rhode Island
Jake Auchincloss, Massachusetts
Becca Balint, Vermont
Nanette Barragán, California
Joyce Beatty, Ohio
Ami Bera, California
Donald Beyer, Virginia
Sanford D. Bishop Jr., Georgia
Earl Blumenauer, Oregon
Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon
Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware
Jamaal Bowman, New York
Shontel Brown, Ohio
Julia Brownley, California
Cori Bush, Missouri
Salud Carbajal, California
Tony Cárdenas, California
André Carson, Indiana
Troy Carter, Louisiana
Greg Casar, Texas
Ed Case, Hawaii
Sean Casten, Illinois
Kathy Castor, Florida
Joaquin Castro, Texas
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Florida
Judy Chu, California
Katherine Clark, Massachusetts
Yvette Clarke, New York
Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri
James Clyburn, South Carolina
Steve Cohen, Tennessee
Gerald Connolly, Virginia
Luis Correa, California
Jim Costa, California
Jasmine Crockett, Texas
Jason Crow, Colorado
Danny Davis, Illinois
Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania
Diana DeGette, Colorado
Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut
Suzan DelBene, Washington
Mark DeSaulnier, California
Debbie Dingell, Michigan
Lloyd Doggett, Texas
Veronica Escobar, Texas
Anna Eshoo, California
Adriano Espaillat, New York
Lizzie Fletcher, Texas
Bill Foster, Illinois
Valerie Foushee, North Carolina
Lois Frankel, Florida
Maxwell Frost, Florida
John Garamendi, California
Jesús "Chuy" Garcia, Illinois
Robert Garcia, California
Sylvia Garcia, Texas
Dan Goldman, New York
Jimmy Gomez, California
Al Green, Texas
James Himes, Connecticut
Steny Hoyer, Maryland
Valerie Hoyle, Oregon
Jared Huffman, California
Glenn Ivey, Maryland
Jonathan Jackson, Illinois
Sara Jacobs, California
Pramila Jayapal, Washington
Hakeem Jeffries, New York
Henry "Hank" Johnson, Georgia
Sydney Kamlager-Dove, California
Bill Keating, Massachusetts
Robin Kelly, Illinois
Ro Khanna, California
Dan Kildee, Michigan
Derek Kilmer, Washington
Andy Kim, New Jersey
Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois
Ann Kuster, New Hampshire
Greg Landsman, Ohio
Rick Larsen, Washington
John Larson, Connecticut
Barbara Lee, California
Summer Lee, Pennsylvania
Teresa Leger Fernandez, New Mexico
Ted Lieu, California
Zoe Lofgren, California
Doris Matsui, California
Lucy McBath, Georgia
Jennifer McClellan, Virginia
Betty McCollum, Minnesota
Morgan McGarvey, Kentucky
James McGovern, Massachusetts
Gregory Meeks, New York
Rob Menendez, New Jersey
Grace Meng, New York
Kweisi Mfume, Maryland
Gwen Moore, Wisconsin
Joseph Morelle, New York
Seth Moulton, Massachusetts
Kevin Mullin, California
Jerrold Nadler, New York
Grace Napolitano, California
Richard Neal, Massachusetts
Joe Neguse, Colorado
Donald Norcross, New Jersey
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York
Ilhan Omar, Minnesota
Frank Pallone, New Jersey
Nancy Pelosi, California
Scott Peters, California
Brittany Pettersen, Colorado
Dean Phillips, Minnesota
Chellie Pingree, Maine
Mark Pocan, Wisconsin
Katie Porter, California
Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts
Mike Quigley, Illinois
Delia Ramirez, Illinois
Jamie Raskin, Maryland
Deborah Ross, North Carolina
Raul Ruiz, California
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Maryland
Linda Sánchez, California
John Sarbanes, Maryland
Mary Scanlon, Pennsylvania
Janice Schakowsky, Illinois
Adam Schiff, California
Bradley Schneider, Illinois
Robert "Bobby" Scott, Virginia
David Scott, Georgia
Terri Sewell, Alabama
Brad Sherman, California
Darren Soto, Florida
Melanie Stansbury, New Mexico
Haley Stevens, Michigan
Marilyn Strickland, Washington
Mark Takano, California
Shri Thanedar, Michigan
Mike Thompson, California
Bennie Thompson, Mississippi
Rashida Tlaib, Michigan
Jill Tokuda, Hawaii
Paul Tonko, New York
Norma Torres, California
Ritchie Torres, New York
Lori Trahan, Massachusetts
David Trone, Maryland
Lauren Underwood, Illinois
Juan Vargas, California
Marc Veasey, Texas
Nydia Velázquez, New York
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
Maxine Waters, California
Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey
Nikema Williams, Georgia
Frederica Wilson, Florida.
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list158-dems-voted-against-sex-crime-ban-immigrants-1956261