Court Halts Trump SNAP Rollback After Oregon and 22 States Sue

Oregon and 22 other states have won a stay of execution on a U.S. Department of Agriculture directive to “undo” the distribution of SNAP benefits to 757,000 statewide beneficiaries.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, together with a coalition of 22 AGs and three governors, on Sunday night filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to ensure that recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can continue to access their full benefits for November.

U.S. District Court Blocked Trump Administration Directive

Yesterday morning, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts blocked the Trump administration’s directive.

The hearing on the states’ request for a temporary restraining order will take place at 12.30 p.m. today.

In the interim, SNAP beneficiaries have full access to their monthly food allowances.

AG Rayfield issued a news release in which he accuses the Trump administration of using threat tactics…”Oregon will not let them threaten and attack hungry families…we are going to fight like hell to keep those benefits where they belong.’

Members of the coalition are the AGs from Arizona, California, Minnesota, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, along with the governors of Kansas, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.