Trump administration ‘villainizes’ immigrant families with misleading directive on food aid
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“It’s posturing to try to harm communities,” said Juan Carlos Gomez, an immigration and immigrant families senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (Clasp), of the memo. Undocumented immigrants have been ineligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap), which is used by more than 42 million people, long before Trump’s first term, and even immigrants who are authorized to be in the US have to wait five years before applying.
Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/trump-food-stamps-snap-school-lunch-immigration
