NPR: Lawsuit challenges USDA demand for food stamp data as some states prepare to comply

The legal fight over SNAP data comes the same day as Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a massive bill that includes deep cuts to SNAP. The ad-hoc Department of Government Efficiency is also merging data from across the federal government for purposes that include immigration enforcement and identifying fraud. DOGE’s data collection efforts have been contested in several legal cases. 

 “This case is part of a pattern that we’re seeing from the Trump administration of agencies reaching out and grabbing the personal data of Americans,” said Madeline Wiseman, counsel at the National Student Legal Defense Network, which is representing plaintiffs in the lawsuit along with attorneys from Protect Democracy, Electronic Privacy Information Center and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice. 

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