California, 21 States Sue USDA Over New SNAP Guidance They Say Illegally Cuts Off Benefits
Press release from the Office of Attorney General Rob Bonta:
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit [on Wednesday,] challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) recent guidance illegally restricting eligibility for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP provides monthly food benefits to low-income families in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In California, SNAP, known as the CalFresh Program, is administered by the California Department of Social Services and is an essential hunger safety net to 5.5 million Californians each month. In the lawsuit, Attorney General Bonta, along with a coalition of 21 other attorneys general, argue that USDA’s guidance for implementing the “Big Beautiful Bill” erroneously excludes certain lawfully residing non-citizens from SNAP eligibility, when they in fact are eligible when they become lawful permanent residents. The attorneys general raise the alarm that, without court intervention, the guidance will cause errors in eligibility determinations, which could deprive thousands of legal permanent residents of food assistance and lead to devastating financial penalties for states.
“The Trump Administration is effectively depriving thousands of lawful permanent residents of food assistance benefits that Congress intended be available,” said Attorney General Bonta. “SNAP recipients are still recovering from the whiplash President Trump and his Administration put them through in seeking to block November SNAP benefits during the government shutdown. No President has ever worked harder to deprive hungry Americans of access to basic nutrition. Ahead of the holidays, we’re not giving up the fight. We’re asking a court to step in and stop the USDA from applying its faulty new guidance before any further damage can be done.”
Section 10108 of the Big Beautiful Bill amended the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to eliminate SNAP eligibility for individuals who entered the U.S. as refugees, were granted asylum, or were granted humanitarian parole based on this status at the time of their admission or parole. The Big Beautiful Bill did not, however, prohibit individuals who once held the status of refugees, asylees, or parolees from gaining eligibility for SNAP if and when they adjust their status to become lawful permanent residents. In a letter to USDA last week, Attorney General Bonta and the coalition explained that USDA’s guidance incorrectly list refugees, individuals granted asylum, parolees, and deportation withheld as “not eligible” rather than stating they could become eligible for SNAP if they become lawful permanent residents. USDA’s guidance also incorrectly conveys that humanitarian entrants must wait five years after becoming legal permanent residents to qualify for SNAP benefits when these individuals should be eligible immediately after obtaining legal permanent resident status.
USDA’s multiple errors and late-coming guidance have caused significant confusion for the states that have been tasked with implementing new substantive limitations on SNAP eligibility. As a result, there is serious risk of an increase in errors as states struggle to reconcile their obligations under the federal statue with faulty, misleading agency guidance that strays from the law. Although federal regulations require a 120-day exclusionary period following the application of a new implementing memorandum of a mandatory change, USDA incorrectly states that the exclusionary period ended on November 1, 2025, just one day after the guidance was issued on Friday, October 31, 2025.
In today’s lawsuit, Attorney General Bonta and the coalition argue that USDA’s guidance is contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act and should be vacated. They ask the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to bar USDA from applying the guidance and from using effective date for the purpose of calculating states’ error rates.
Attorney General Bonta has vigorously defended SNAP benefits from attacks by the Trump Administration. During the recent government shutdown, Attorney General Bonta sued USDA to force them to fund November SNAP benefits. Not one, but two federal district courts determined that the Trump Administration acted unlawfully. And when the Administration responded by asking the U.S. Supreme Court to pause one court’s order requiring USDA to pay full benefits, Attorney General Bonta vigorously challenged that request, which was ultimately withdrawn after the government reopened. The SNAP program is now fully funded through September 2026.
Attorney General Bonta joins the attorneys general of New York, Oregon, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia in filing the lawsuit.
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Get a job or medically prove you cannot work.
It’s not that hard.
Stop being a state sponsored bum.
“Oh no we don’t have a work force now we need tons of migrant labor!” NO WE DONT. STOP BEING LAZY. DO THE JOB YOU HATE LIKE THE REST OF US UNTIL YOU CAN FIND THE ONE YOU LIKE. START YOUR OWN BUSINESSES IF YOU CANT FIND THAT WHICH YOU WANT!!
STOP BEING LAZY. Food stamps are ASSISTANCE not a way of life.
A) That’s not what this article is about. It helps to read more than just the title before commenting.
B) Most people who receive SNAP benefits do work- they just don’t earn enough to feed themselves or their families.
C) SNAP can be a lifesaver for people who find themselves temporarily between jobs.
D) Half of the SNAP budget could be funded by eliminating Trump’s tax cuts to the ultra wealthy.
A) I don’t care I’m speaking my mind. When I see something I don’t agree with I’ll say it how I see it. That’s my right as an American. If you don’t like the freedom of speech, and you want to be policed for what you say, move to England. That being said, did you even read the article? Here let me show you something that’s in the first paragraph:
“In the lawsuit, Attorney General Bonta, along with a coalition of 21 other attorneys general, argue that USDA’s guidance for implementing the “Big Beautiful Bill” erroneously excludes certain lawfully residing non-citizens from SNAP eligibility, when they in fact are eligible when they become lawful permanent residents.”
Non-citizens, legally here on a visa or not, should not under any circumstances receive government welfare money such as SNAP benefits. If these people immediately get SNAP benefits when they become American citizens, there’s a huge problem with the system. Are we really immediately putting these people on welfare the moment they get here to the tune of our taxpayer dollars? You agree with that? How much money do you make a year? Nobody can afford that.
B) that’s a lie and you know it. The majority of people with snap benefits have no job, and if they do and still benefit from the food stamp program they are committing fraud. If you have a job and still receive food stamps, the state only gives you $50 a month. Today you cannot supplement your income with food stamps like we could up until the late 90s.
C) I used snap to help me when I needed it in the past, when I got a job they reduced my benefits 80% ($50/month) and CHARGED ME $400 when I withdrew from the program because I had a job and didn’t withdraw fast enough. This I actually agree with because it’s fair.
D)all of snap could be funded if we paid into it when we work like we do social security and unemployment. If it’s really for people between jobs, those who lost their job, and those who are impoverished, it should be paid into by the worker who’s claiming it just like unemployment. And if they can prove they are truly impoverished like it’s the Great depression again and there’s no sugar around, I wouldn’t mind funding through taxes a government food assistance program.
The problem here is that many many people are abusing the program and committing fraud and everyone is just letting it happen. I’ve seen videos of people with binders full of stolen credit cards and food stamp cards. It’s very common and it needs to be stopped.
Speaking your mind lol what do you think they are doing. [edit] just because they don’t agree with you doesn’t make their point any less valid you didn’t read the article and that was obvious if you did you would be complaining for a whole different reason and it would have been valid
I agree if you are not a legal citizen . Then screw that shit. Your criminal invaders vacation is over time to find another country to invade
Your free flight is ready to board .
Legal Permanent Residents have always been eligible for benefits. They work, pay taxes and are here Permanently and can become naturalized citizens after five years. Your comment sounds like it’s from someone else. Rhymes with Rick.
Well Tucker i suggest you do your due diligence ( home work ) before you go spewing off, things that are not factual. That being said, no, you are incorrect. Most people that receive snap benefits, do not work that my friend is a fact over seventy five percent. More importantly.
This is more about all these illegal aliens coming here to the US and getting everything under the sun handed to them and then some. So the article is basically asking opinions on whether or not these individuals should receive it or be denied. Quite frankly, it’s a no-brainer. They need to be denied.
The money that these criminal illegal aliens have been sucking up as taken.Such a toll not only on our economy, but also on the mental status of our american citizens.That are fed up with it. This is just another example of the Democrats. Politically maneuvering and trying to circumvent the system, the Constitution and the American people for their own dirty filthy underhanded ways…. These individuals have never contributed to the u. S in any way shape or form all they have done is come here, rob cheat. Steal murder rape and bring poison into our country. You used an example of how it helps people. When they lose a job and have to look for another one and transition into a new job. Well, how about this extend? The amount of time that
You get on unemployment. The amount of money that the government would save by eliminating all the handouts to these illegal aliens and up not only the amount of time you get on unemployment, but also how much you get on unemployment. Mind youI believe that the welfare program is still a great tool for the elderly.And some other folks that truly do need it. Furthermore, not only do the illegal aliens need to be cut completely off.But the career lazy thieving low lifes mind you that our americans need to have a cutoff time. They go from being on welfare under Mommy with the 9 kids and 8 baby daddies to now, they’re 18, and they start their career of lifelong welfare recipients. The system monitors people that get laid off and collect unemployment, but they do not monitor the slugs, defrauding the system collecting.Welfare. This is one of the many reasons.And the things that the democrats want to keep in place that are giving the illegal aliens.The opportunity to take over and seize our country.Because, let me tell you that is exactly what their intention is. Look at the number of governors, mayors council members,etc. that are in office and watch what they are doing and actually missing to what they are saying. And I seriously mean, listen to what they are saying.Don’t just hear them, but listen to them. Anybody that watches and listens to what’s going on should have no problem.Seeing and understanding what they are up to unless they are an out and out complete bumbling idiot. I doubt it, but I do hope.
That you have a better understanding of what’s going on. And what the Democratic Party is up to…….
Though one could say that calling anyone that disagrees with your assessment a “bumbling idiot” could be generalized, it verges on a direct insult/name calling which is not allowed. You can voice your opinion without attacking.
Also, if you claim something is fact, please provide a link.
Contrary to your comment, the Pew Research Center found that around 61% of SNAP recipients hadn’t worked in the calendar year, not ” is a fact over seventy five percent.” Also, that same study found 50% of SNAP recipients are children and seniors which likely impacts employment options. See more info here: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/11/14/what-the-data-says-about-food-stamps-in-the-us/
WHO THE HELL IS APPROVING CHILDREN UNDER 18 FOR SNAP BENEFITS?
If a parent signs up for SNAP to say, feed their family, their benefits are based on their household size and income. They must list the members of their household and any income they may receive. Are you saying you didn’t know that SNAP benefits fed children?
I was laid off about ten yrs ago and for me, a single dad feeding two kids, I received ~$30/ month in SNAP. Almost not worth the time doing the paperwork, but with two kids any food assistance helps. I went to Farmers Markets to stretch out the dollars.
It appears Folks don’t understand how much dough we are talking about. Do they want poor people to invent a Melania meme coin to sell? What gives?
I did my homework.
“Two-thirds of participants are children, adults over age 60, and people with disabilities, who are not expected to work, SNAP also plays an important role in supplementing workers’ low or fluctuating wages or helping them during periods of unemployment. Most SNAP participants who can work do so. Over half of working-age, non-disabled people who participated in SNAP in a typical month in 2015 were working in that month, based on U.S. Census Bureau data. Further, 74 percent worked in the 12 months before or after that month.
Rates were even higher when including work among other household members: 89 percent of households with children and a working-age, non-disabled adult included at least one member who worked in this 25-month period. Many SNAP participants who did not work over the 25-month period reported caregiving responsibilities or faced barriers to work, including an injury or health condition.” https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-provides-critical-benefits-to-workers-and-their-families
“Less than 11 percent of SNAP participants were foreign-born—6 percent were naturalized citizens, 1 percent were refugees, and 3 percent were other noncitizens (lawful permanent residents and other eligible noncitizens).” https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-FY23-Characteristics-Report.pdf (pg. 45)
The vast majority of undocumented immigrants are ineligible for SNAP. https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/imm_eligibility_food_stmps_CA_2006-1-11.pdf
Looking at these numbers, it is clear that a only a very small percentage of SNAP recipients are immigrants who are capable of working, but who choose not to.
Do some research yourself. The vast majority of SNAP benefits go to children, old people and the disabled, ‘illegals’ are not and have never been eligible. Just like the welfare Cadillac mothers that are both lazy and conniving. You know, that just want to ‘sit on the porch eating watermelon’. Your ideas about immigrants, the poor, are equally ‘fact based’. Bigoted and prejudiced and ignorant. Thank you for attention to this matter.
We could cut taxes more if people like you would stop supporting the waste and fraud in our government but that won’t happen until people start going to prison
So, my 86 year old grandma with dementia should get a job? Do you know anyplace that’s hiring 86 year old dementia patients? What about me? Im only 46 years old, but I lost my job due to having to care for my bedridden, amputee father, who is only 66 years old and is this way due to the army and defending our country? He can’t afford a nurse and no programs will help him, so I had to do it. Maybe ill just let him starve and sit in shit all day so I can get a job. [Edit]
No Nora, you have a very important job. Don’t take Dick’s comment personally. He has HIS reasons for using snap, but no one else does….is his opinion and he has the right to post it on this media site??? Is this a media site or a blog for MAGA as they often refer to it as. I have been in a demanding care situation, many others, typically women, find themselves doing the right thing but getting no love from the community. Been there, it truly sucks. But it is one of the most important things you will do in your life so keep on truckin’ we love you.
No, Nora.
Your grandmother is exempt because she’s over 59 and disabled.
You are exempt because you’re the primary caregiver for an incapacitated person.
These are standard, automatic exemptions under both current and 2025 rules.
All you need is a simple doctor’s note or statement on file with your SNAP office. Once that’s there, no work requirement applies to either of you, and your benefits are safe.
Actually you can get paid. They have programs that pay caregivers to stay home and care for their loved ones.
I’m not a fan of kids going hungry and also most people do work that are on it they just don’t make enough for what ever reason you act like you know them all personally and you truly don’t know what a persons struggles are all we can do is imply rules to weed out the ones that are taking advantage of the system
these people have proven they qualify. over and over. elligibility is checked routinely. you need to get the facts on how the program operates instead of listening to trump’s lies.
Bongos title is misleading. Doesn’t state the Democrats are protesting the prevention and halting of giving benefits to non citizens and illegals who deserve nothing! They should be leaving. Psyop. Benefits for American citizens only, a huge portion of whom are barely making it considering the extreme cost of everything. Democrats scream about the children but their own adult kids cannot move out of the family home because they cannot afford it. Odd how the Democrats finally got around to admitting illegals have been the taxpayers charges/wards of the state (other children) after vehemently denying it for the last five years. And this is why they are enraged they are getting booted – less future voters/charges/wards of the Democrat Party. Sick……and Typical……
IMHO:
Looks like a daily propaganda from Bonta.
Must have a big staff of aides for churning this stuff out.
>”Attorney General Bonta and the coalition explained that USDA’s guidance incorrectly list refugees, individuals granted asylum, parolees, and deportation withheld as “not eligible” rather than stating they could become eligible for SNAP if they become lawful permanent residents.”
Become a permanent resident >>> WELFARE !!
Yee hah !
You don’t get permanent residence when you use the back door. Once illegal always illegal. Reagan did a free pass years ago and it should never happen again. Never really becoming an American because you don’t follow the way the game is played. The open door is now closed. Go home and get in line so you can really be the American you want to be.
Listen to yourself.
Deciding who is eligible for food and medical care. Such kindness (or lack theeof) should not be so cruelly applied
Congress decided by law who is eligible and who isn’t. Pretty simple. Don’t like it….complain to Congress to change the existing laws.
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Why would Ca have 5.5 million people who won’t feed themselves. No immigrant should get gov funds legal or not, if not a citizen of USA This is not who we want here. America does not need people who wont work here collecting handouts . We have enough Americans getting free hand outs that need to stop also. Once the illegals stop taking jobs at cut rates there will be jobs for all who belong here ..GET A JOB
You must be the life of the party. Remind me to lose your invitation!
Not to mention i thought they all came to do jobs Americans wouldn’t. So then why are so many on assistance if they are working so hard. Freebies thats why.
AI and robots will be doing all the work soon. Then who you gonna blame?
Part of becoming a legal permanent resident is showing you CAN make your own living here. It’s not a status that means you can live here and become a deadbeat supported by the government. I say if you are here on LPR status, you are welcome to stay, but if you become a deadbeat, that status should be revoked and you can go be a deadbeat wherever you came from. If you’re here illegally, you should get nothing, even from public food banks. You should go home or starve.
Ineed, most other countries require proof of adequate income before permanent residency is allowed to foreigners.Why shouldn’t we!
I’ve considered working elsewhere as just part of life experiences, but even ther,e the requirements are the same; nobody is paying your rent and bills for you, so it’s in your best interest to have self-financing for a while or risk being stuck in someone else’s social net with people who may also not take kindly to foreigners. You have to be financially independent or already have a job there when you arrive. And learn their language in a few years.
I definitely agree. My brother wanted to move to Thailand and in order to move there he had to have more than $50,000 in his bank account or they weren’t letting him in why can’t we do that here in America
There are many ways to legally live in Thailand including long-term residency and retirement visas. The most stringent financial obligations I found were for the retirement visa that indicate the typical financial requirements include either a security deposit in a Thai bank account (e.g., 800,000 THB) or a minimum monthly income (e.g., 65,000 THB) — though exact amounts and conditions can vary. IE, roughly $25K in savings for those without income, or an income of just over $2000 a month, but that is not a strict rule. Perhaps your brother can move after all. https://www.siam-legal.com/thailand-visa/Thailand-Retirement-Visa.php
While we don’t require a person to have a large bank account, the U.S. already has a system to ensure immigrants can support themselves. It’s called the Affidavit of Support, and most family-based immigrants must have a sponsor who earns at least 125% of the federal poverty level and is legally responsible for preventing them from becoming a public charge.
Only a few visa types don’t require a sponsor — like the Diversity Visa Lottery, asylum or refugee status, or certain high-skill self-petition categories — and those all come with their own strict requirements.
And personally, many of the people I consider the best members of our community don’t have $50K in savings. They work hard, contribute, and support others. I don’t believe worth is measured by a bank balance — and the system already has safeguards in place without requiring that.
From the I-864 affidavit: ALERT: USCIS reminds individuals who have executed Form I-864 that they face serious consequences if the alien they are obligated to support receives means-tested public benefits. Form I-864 is a legally binding contract with the U.S. government to financially support the sponsored alien. If a sponsored alien receives means-tested public benefits, the benefit granting agency can request repayment from the sponsor to recoup the cost of any benefits paid. If the sponsor fails to repay the cost of the means-tested public benefits, the benefit granting agency may sue the sponsor, who will be liable for the cost of the benefits, legal fees, and other associated costs. Sponsors should not take on this obligation if they are not prepared to follow through on the financial commitment.
https://www.uscis.gov/i-864
Thanks for the information Lisa. Not as tiresome as bigoted rants, and certainly more useful.
Right, they can get a work visa!
Many folks on ebt are seniors and folks with permanent or temporary disabilities. Those folks more than likely paid into the system when they did work, and are receiving assistance back, and? Ya’ll sum the entire system of recipients to being lazy or a deadbeat. Yes, there is occasional fraud, but there are investigations into welfare fraud, and does not equal what ya’ll exaggerate. Ya’ll should be ashamed you yourselves to project such distain and disgust for other fellow human beings in less than 24 hours after Thanksgiving. None of you are invited to the party with yall noses pointed up in the air.
Pin a 🌹on your nose if it make you feel better, but everyone still knows your a ….!
Ignorance is not bliss. The local fraud is 100% out of control, supported by management. Do you want to know how many times in my over 15 years at social services I asked for a fraud investigation, only to be told, “It’s only food stamps,” or “It’s only Medi-Cal.” Literally thousands of times by lead workers and supervisors clear up to program managers, one of which is now the corruption at the top, Connie Beck. There’s no exaggeration at all. And, by the way, most seniors don’t qualify as their income is too high. Another source of fraud is Cal Poly Humboldt, who will illegally hand out work study “eligible” letters like candy, teaching the student population fraud is a totally acceptable lifestyle. A crack down on fraud is definitely necessary and I’m thankful for that.
Bull shit I have had to do jury duty over welfare fraud
It has to be a VERY extreme case. Welfare fraud, however is FAR different from food stamp fraud. The SIU won’t even look at food stamp fraud. Nice try though, but it’s clearly a strike out.
Most foodstamp fraud is committed by retailers. Not recipients
not ture it is 50/50
most retailers get convicted.
SNAP should be available to those that truly need it and qualify for it. Not the whiners with $1500 iPhones and $150 nail jobs.
Those folks are exempt from work requirements.
This statement just proves that the Bonta associated Democrat’s Government Shutdown was what was actually responsible for all the Democrat Government Shutdown’s many long, drawn out, extortion related problems in the first place, including the cessation of SNAP benefits…
“And when the Administration responded by asking the U.S. Supreme Court to pause one court’s order requiring USDA to pay full benefits, Attorney General Bonta vigorously challenged that request, which was ultimately withdrawn after the government reopened.”
And, honestly and truthfully, what exactly does this statement even suggest was withdrawn…???…
…The Administration’s request, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to pause one court’s order requiring USDA to pay full benefits…???…
…Or, The Attorney General, Bonta’s,’ purportedly “vigorous” challenge to that request…???
The implication that the Administration’s request was any more immediately withdrawn than Bonta’s challenge to that request is as entirely preposterous, as it is, totally ridiculous…
The likelihood that Bonta would have surely failed, and that the administration would surely have prevailed, had the issue eventually been decided by the Supreme Court, probably had very much to do with why the Democrats discontinued their inexcusable coercive political government shutdown when they finally did…
The Democrats didn’t stand a chance, and they were fully aware of it…
For Bonta to be now inappropriately and sleazily representing such a DISENGENUOUS notion that his withdrawal of his challenge to the Trump administration’s request to the Supreme Court, as a judicial and/or political win for himself and his party, any more than it represented Bonta’s swift retreat with his tail tucked firmly between his legs, is as entirely pathetic as it is completely absurd…
We all know, including Bonta, exactly how that would have played out, had it actually reached the Supreme Court…
The Democrats would have lost, AGAIN, par for their recent course…
Lets not kid ourselves, and let’s not let Bonta deceive us either, m’kay…???
For Bonta to act like it was a win for himself just proves what an unabashed pandering poser Bonta really is…
Bonta would have gotten squashed like a little bug had the case actually made it to a final decision by the United States Supreme Court…
In no way, shape, nor form, was Bonta anywhere near triumphant there…
That’s a complete joke…
His challenge to the Administration’s SCOTUS request was IMMEDIATELY withdrawn just as soon as the moment other Democrats tellingly capitulated concerning their government shutdown, in their ultimate and resounding defeat…
Bonta finally deceivingly implying, in conclusion, that…
“The SNAP program is now fully funded through September 2026.”
…as if that had anything AT ALL to do with his meaningless challenge to the Administration’s SCOTUS REQUEST, WHATSOEVER, is the biggest LIE of all…
That had EVERYTHING to do with the Democrats finally capitulating, and NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH Bonta’s wimpy challenge to the Trump Administration…
Continued…
The sentence…
“The SNAP program is now fully funded through September 2026.”
…has NO BUSINESS, in the paragraph, nor the context, in which it was written…
As written, in the context it is written, it’s a blatant, deceptive lie…
The sentence…
“The SNAP program is now fully funded through September 2026.”
…should ONLY have been included in the context of it being nothing more or less the result of the Democrats ending their very own ill advised government shutdown…
The fact that…
“The SNAP program is now fully funded through September 2026”
…had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH ANYTHING THAT BONTA ATTEMPTED OR ACCOMPLISHED…!!!
…so, for Bonta to be trying to take all the credit for that outcome, is TOTALLY FRAUDULENT AND IS THEREFORE AN UNACCEPTABLE, UNABASHEDLY SHAMELESS LIE…!!!
So many words, so little humanity
So few words, so little humanity.
A lot of the comments that come up on this type of subject matter are very predictable. Once I see the spewage, I don’t read it. I don’t know if folks think that they can convince someone to vote differently or something. I feel like it’s the nouveau nihilism because I can’t imagine that there’s that much hate towards people when you don’t even know. Assuming they’re trying to make it rich by getting food stamps while they don’t work and have $1500 iPhones? It doesn’t make sense. Nouveau nihilism is the trend de jour.
Spew is a non-partisan word. Hate is also a non-partisan word. Entitlement though? That is a more open question.
Really though it’s more complaint than hate. Once various state governments decided to eliminate re a sources from deciding SNAP eligibility, it is real true that some relatively wealth people qualify for SNAP.
“Rob was shocked to discover that in his state, SNAP benefits were based on how much money you’re bringing in, not how much money you already have. That didn’t seem right so he decided to test the system himself. He walked in, picked up an application, and hoped they would turn him down.
They didn’t.
They couldn’t.
In his words, Rob said, “I begged him to find some reason to deny my application for food stamps. He said there is nothing he can do, because he doesn’t make policy.””
This was an attitude change some State governments made a couple of decades ago. Resources And why you can stand behind someone in a checkout line who uses SNAP to pay for their groceries can indeed carefully grab their groceries to protect their pricey nail job, take them to their new Cadillac Escalade and drive them back to their ten acre, 5000 square foot house. As long as they don’t cash out their IRAs or sell their second home when their money becomes income, it’s all good. And even then it’s only a short term problem. Once it’s no longer income, it’s all good again. And that’s from a low income lobby group that thinks all kinds of resources should still be excluded.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr416
https://lowincomerelief.com/how-do-millionaires-get-food-stamps/
Not true bank account and retirements are all considered! The fraud is criminals who conceal such things. How do officials find such things.
My evidence is the law as written. Your evidence is?
“California, however, has dramatically modified its rules for “categorical eligibility” in the CalFresh program, such that resource limitations have all but been removed.
Tax-preferred “savings vehicles,” such as Keoghs, IRAs, pension plans, and so on, and education savings accounts, ABLE accounts and funds in a Federal Thrist Savings Plan are “excluded” as resources. [ACL 17-98, ACIN I-28-09.] (See the section about resource exclusions for more information.) In California, vehicles do not count as a resource in the SNAP program.
Non-recurring lump-sum payments are defined as resources in the month received for CalFresh purposes. [ACIN I-19-12; ACIN I-13-01.]”
https://calfresh.guide/definition-of-resources/
DHS asset rules: Retirement accounts are NOT counted.if getting payments. Nor is your main home. It’s mostly money that is liquid, that is you can spend it right now to cover your living expenses, cash bank accounts are one of those counted.
Y’all seem to be operating with the assumption that everyone is gaming the system and therefor let’s throw them all to the street.
Actually it’s y’all who seem to be operating with the assumption that daring to bring up anyone gaming the system is a threat to the survival of all.
But in this case individual people don’t have to game the system. The State of California has set up rules so that it’s does it for them. Because until recently the state could pass all the costs onto the federal government.
Not trying to get rich just taking the hand out, that’s why they came.
What humanity, cheating Americans out of needed food while handing out to illegals who mostly come for the hand outs!
My comment has to do with Bonta’s deceptive, misleading, disinformation in this press release, nothing more…
It’s all about the vote dems do not care what happens to anyone. They just want power. Tax payers are the ones footing the bill not politicians, don’t forget that!
You could easily say the exact same thing about the other
teamtribeparty. Neither is innocent in all this. Oneteamtribeparty did put little kids in cages, so there is that. Funny that bothteamstribesparties elected old men on the verge of steep mental decline.Pretty soon trump will decide only blond, blue eyed christians will get benefits.
I hope you realize what a huge alarming jump you just made right there? This leads to having people discredit your comment. Trump advances because many wild claims that are made about him sound hysterical. You could just argue against the here and now of what he’s doing and you still have a solid reason to oppose. Sorry if it sounds like I’m telling you how to comment- it’s just that I think we have legitimate reasons without throwing around unbased and lurid accusations….I think that’s not a great strategy for success
I don’t see anything about hair color, eye color, or religion in the requirements. It seems like you want everything to be about those things, so you pretend they are.
It could be what she is, and as a demarcate, feels guilty about her privilege.
It seems your sarcasm went over peoples head like a jet airliner. Whoooosh!!!!!!!!!
A good example is his cutting back immigration and looking to deny asylum seekers here in the US who are mostly people of color or non-white yet welcomes white South Afrikaners with open arms.
Too bad Democrats and especially Progressives have been so oblivious in their thinking and actions that so many people found a man like Trump a better option.
And are likely regretting that decision daily,
except for his constant enablers and diehard MAGA cult members.
Maga cult?
Probably they do. Until progressives remind them why they thought diffently . The devil in office is always worse than the one out of office in politics. Comments here hough are such a constant reminder that the usual collective amnesia canno not be maintained.
Remind me again how bad you had it under Biden or even Obama.
Despite the liberal whizzing on and on about the growth of inequality (by which they mean taxing the rich more- never actually accomplished- spending more on the poorest but doing everything to make the vast middle class worse off), their policies of globalization, anti patriotism and their version of free trade have made the average American’s life harder and harder. And they keep at it with refusing to check illegal immigration and keep low tariffs for imported goods while drastically restricting resource extraction in the US.
They talk and talk and push their social ideals while housing, insurance, taxes, etc getting to be more and more burdensome. Not of interest to those whose interest in other people’s life ends at the end of their own hands.
https://www.epi.org/publication/raising-americas-pay/
A rapist
but those are the ones paying for it and dont need it.
The President and associates don’t like people because people aren’t perfect. Vote for Democrats next time.
Because Democrats are so content with the lack perfection to the point they don’t aspire to it?
It’s the collective sponge concept. Do nothing, aspire to nothing, accomplish nothing…..generations of American citizen turds..egged on by
political hacks …Big Momma government will feed and house, and pay your way! And make sure you wear your little wool hat when it’s cold. And give you milk and cookies before bed. And make you ride the bus. As long as you Vote 4 Us!
And when those paying realize they are being shafted, get nothing for the trouble, are supporting millions of border jumpers and lazy able bodied citizens, and then speak up, the sponges rise like Bob and scream, sharks! Cuz the native sponges are right there sharing the pig trough of freebies with the border jumpers. And they will never vote against the freebies. How dare you choose individual responsibility over the village of the lowest common denominators they rage…..the dichotomy of the individual unwilling to give up the freebies (selfish) while screaming at anyone against their collective of freeloaders is glowing like a mushroom cloud. It’s how they roll……..
Really? You would wish to have Timmy and Kamala in the White House?
Trump, et al, are upset bc people can be needy. Have you ever been down and out?
Or just don’t want to work.
Here is part of what you have to prove to move to Australia.
“Recommended Settlement Funds (General Guide)
These are general recommendations to help you settle without financial hardship, not official government minimums for all visa types:
Family Composition Recommended Funds (AUD)Single ApplicantAUD 20,000 – 30,000CoupleAUD 30,000 – 35,000Couple + 1 ChildAUD 35,000 – 40,000Couple + 2 ChildrenAUD 40,000 – 45,000
Acceptable Proof of Funds
You can demonstrate sufficient funds through a combination of documents:
It is important to check the specific requirements for your chosen visa subclass on the official Australian Department of Home Affairs website, as requirements and costs can change. “
To move to the US.
immigrant visa: For those seeking to live permanently in the U.S. and eventually apply for a Green Card. This often requires a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or employer to sponsor you by filing an approved petition.
Step 2: Get a sponsor and file a petition
In most cases, you must have a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident relative or a prospective employer file a petition on your behalf with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).If the petition is approved, it will be forwarded to the National Visa Center (NVC) and then to the appropriate U.S. embassy or consulate for continued processing. Step 3: Gather required documents
Valid passport: This is the foundation of your move.Birth and marriage certificates: Needed to prove relationships and personal history.Other documents: Depending on the visa type, you may also need financial documents, tax records, job application documents, school transcripts, and vaccination records.
Which non of the illegals have.
Don’t forget that your criminal and personal background checks need to be clean, too. Or in the distant past, per their “character requirements,” New Zealand too. You can visit, but convictions are going to make things really difficult, if not impossible for you.
If I remember correctly Australia used to welcome criminals.
Nope…
No criminals, and no free loaders…
Proof of self sufficiency required to become an Australian citizen and/or resident…
I think what Kris means is that Australia was once a british penal colony back in the 1800’s. That’s why they speak english. (more or less…)
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I’m so embarrassed
It’s possible to delete posts. No one will ever know.
I’d be embarrassed to be the software engineer/team who came up with that user interface! 🙂
Should look like:
What was Australia like back when it was a penal colony
Thanks
I used to use html all the time without even thinking. I guess that there are just too many new rules.
While the US was never a penal colony in the true sense of the word, many British convicts we sent here.
“Between 1718 and 1775 over 52,000 convicts were transported from the British Isles to America, mainly to Maryland and Virginia, to be sold as slaves to the highest bidder. It is reckoned that transported convicts made up a quarter of the British immigrants to colonial America in the 18th century.” https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-land-of-the-free-criminal-transportation-to-america/
Thanks Ernie…
That’s likely true…
I wondered about that too…
So, I looked up how long ago it’s been since Australia was a British penal colony…
Something like 1778-1868
Most recently, 157 years ago…
But, I had just recently spoken to a retired farmer from Australia passing through Garberville, who told me about the regulations involved in moving to Australia that a close relative of his that actually had joint Australian-American citizenship had to undergo, even though she had previously lived there…
Sufficient resources were required…
“No freeloaders” was the current message and understanding…
Very polite man…
He said his topsoil was 12 feet deep…
The call a well, a “bore”, and his was 1200 feet deep…
Not likely, is.
“If I remember correctly Australia ➡️ used to ⬅️ welcome criminals.”
That’s how Australia got started it was a prison island
Australia started it’s modern history as a penal colony, so yeah.
Australia started with British criminals and America started with Europe’s religious misfits. It’s debatable which got the better deal.
Sure. When it was a penal colony. Not so much now. Foreign ones anyway.
This article is totally ridiculous. First of all everybody received their benefits. Second of all nobody is deprived. There’s a totally put restrictions on what is and isn’t available for purchase like hot Cheetos soda, anything junk food. Do people plan on being on assistance forever? Stop having kids that you can’t afford to feed.
That’s kind of ironic when they can’t abort them either so they are forced to have them but you are the kinda person that wants the kid to go hungry and that says a lot about you and people that think like you
Another in the endless number of personally insulting postings made by lefties and given a pass by management.
Technically hot food of any kind is forbidden, not just hot Cheetos soda. You’ve never been down to one can of corn in the house with people to feed, have you?
It’s a strange kind of thinking that believes a person down to one can of corn is helpless to fix the situation without government benefits and simultaneously believes that a person could never have been in such dire straits if they oppose more government benefits. That’s a total “gotcha” logical failure- if a person successfully got out of a bad situation, it is prima facie evidence they were never really in trouble to begin with.
How did Bonta manage to twist honest reality, from doing this…
“…Attorney General Bonta sued USDA to force them to fund ➡️November SNAP benefits⬅️.
…to Bonta somehow dishonestly and fraudulently taking full credit for this…
…➡️”The SNAP program is now fully funded through September 2026”.⬅️…
…even though Bonta’s suit was ultimately dropped…???
The article stated border jumpers are cut off and Bongo is enraged! Typical Democrats. As long as the long green bony fingers grab that Ring, big momma will protect it. Vote! For the Village! Or else! #pigtroughs4$ale
I do think people should work but I’m also not a fan of children going hungry or anyone going hungry really but their are a certain group of people who abuse the system for example when you got a house with 13 people or more so they basically put all money together to buy home in land that’s not a bad idea but they take advantage of the system Which is how you might ask, they all worked for family claimed they had no jobs also they claimed they all ate separately so since they said they all ate separately they got 200$ per person that’s 2600 in just food stamps not counting the cash aid etc that they get help with by taking advantage of system and tax payers and if the wrong ones were not taking advantage of system that would mean there would be more funds to help those that are actually truly in need I’m not against helping people I just want the ones that truly need it to get it and not the ones trying to benefit themselves by being shady and greedy
The comments and the upvotes on the comments show that even in Humboldt (blue as heck), no matter how the news cites word it / slice it, people have had it with the financial leak caused by illegal immigration. It is not sustainable. You cannot put a bandaid on it at this point. This article is getting ratioed into oblivion by common sense.
Do better Redheaded Blackbelt. Read the room. Bonta will say whatever to cover himself and his party. You know it. We know it. You guys don’t have to admit it, but don’t play into it. You’ll lose.
Clearly the press releases aren’t fact checked…
Bonta falsely suggesting that he singlehandedly got “SNAP funding fully reinstated through September of 2026” is such a far fetched piece of misleading disinformation that it really shouldn’t but published by a politically neutral source…
That should be considered Liberal tin foil hat site material…
It simply isn’t true…
It’s false political propaganda…
A wise person wouldn’t believe anything they read or see anymore especially if it is from a “news source”.
Photos are AI generated, anything political is almost always false, misleading, half truths or out of context. They will do anything to win… Anything.
Wow. [Edit: I appreciate the sentiment, but we can’t allow direct personal insults. I disagree with Big Rick’s claim that people on SNAP are “bums,” but the rule applies both ways—you can criticize an idea or a viewpoint, not the person making it. For example, it’s fine to say that denying people basic necessities reflects a lack of moral compassion, but you can’t say Big Rick lacks moral compassion. Same standard for everyone.]
I am confident that 21 Liberal Judges will rule in favor of the states in everyone of those 21 lawsuits. Then they will all be overturned on the appeal. But it will make for new liberal talking points until it is overturned. That’s what the liberals do on everything, that is their only platform
Newsflash! Democrats argue and go ballistic unless border jumpers and themselves keep getting benefits! Forget the taxpayers, it’s not there money they claim, They want there grubby lil hands on that moola. And they want free healthcare and buses 2. Preferably, a bus which stops at their front door. And 5 story apartment building in tiny towns, infill they claim…..right……..oh well about shading out the neighborhoods 1 story character as it’s to battle the fake man caused global cooling, so live with it. The fellow travelers and their circus of clowns is nutZ and endanger your citizen individual existence. Move far away from these maniacs or you will be bled dry……for “our democracy.”
To clarify, SNAP only pays for food, and that has restrictions; you can’t pay for a Wildberries Notorious BRC burrito with your card, or anything else hot anywhere.
You also can’t use it to pay your rent, your car insurance, clothes for your kids, the electric bill, none of it, so I’m really unclear on how anyone gets rich this way; can someone enlighten me? Thanks.
Food Stamps should never stop, now illegal immigration needs to stop