Federal judges order Trump administration to fund SNAP
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Judge considers demand to force the government to keep funding SNAP food aid despite the shutdown
A federal judge in Boston is set to consider a motion that would require the Trump administration to continue funding the SNAP food aid program.
A federal judge in Boston indicated Thursday that she will intervene in a high-stakes fight over the Trump administration’s decision to not tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to help cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November.
The federal court ruled the boy must be freed unless immigration officials can justify detaining a juvenile with adult detainees at the Burlington facility.
Kidney specialist Rasha Alawieh was deported in March after immigration officials found Hezbollah-related photos on her phone.
A federal judge suggested she could rule within the day on whether to order the Trump administration to release $5 billion in contingency funds for SNAP.
Judge says he lacks authority to act in the case of Dr. Rasha Alawieh, who was deported after border agents at Logan found photos of Hezbollah ‘fighters and martyrs’ on her phone.