report: 700,000 Ineligible SNAP Recipients Purged After USDA Uncovers Widespread Food Stamp Fraud
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins joined Fox News on Sunday and addressed the American people about the USDA's massive effort to combat fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Rollins said that the Trump administration sent letters to all governors prohibiting illegal aliens from accessing benefits, with a historic request for state data to be audited alongside the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). She said only 29 states cooperated, primarily red and some blue states.
She said her team and DOGE found some of the most shocking fraud ever, resulting in the purging of 700,000 ineligible recipients [in just 29 states; more to come]
SNAP spending surged nearly 40% under Biden, linked to $100 billion in expenditures.
Thousands of ineligible illegals used EBT cards; one individual claimed benefits in six states.
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The 21 states that refused to send their SNAP data to the USDA are:
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Hawaii
Illinois
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Feds involved becuz States get SNAP $$$ from feds.
CA alone pushed SNAP from $6B in 2019 to $12B in 2021..... ......and 99%, or about $12B, comes from fed govt.
Newsom pushes waste & abuse..... Rollins / Trump save system, from waste & abuse.