Key facts
- A judge has paused a USDA plan to tie SNAP benefits to gender and immigration ideology.
- Twenty states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the USDA in March.
- The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration is attempting to place unlawful conditions on federal food assistance.
A federal judge has put a hold on a plan by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that would have imposed conditions related to gender and immigration ideology on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The decision came after twenty states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in March. They alleged that the Trump administration was attempting to place unlawful conditions on approximately $74 billion in federal food assistance. The lawsuit challenges the legality of these proposed changes to the distribution of food aid.