AG Ellison filed a lawsuit today on behalf of the State of Minnesota against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), challenging its recent demand from USDA that within 30 days, Minnesota interview in person more than 100,000 households — constituting approximately 191,000 people — that receive SNAP benefits to verify their eligibility for the program. The Trump administration threatened to cut off Minnesota’s SNAP funding and disqualify it from SNAP altogether unless Minnesota complies with the impossible demands, which are prohibited under federal law.  
 
“It’s bad enough that the USDA has no lawful authority to impose these impossible demands on Minnesota. But once again, the Trump Administration is threatening to let the needy go hungry. Donald Trump is doing whatever he can to keep vulnerable people hungry and scheming new ways to punish the states that want to keep them fed.” – AG Ellison