Full SNAP benefits for November have been restored to Minnesotans and Americans in all states, after 10 days of litigation in two courts that began with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison co-leading a coalition of 23 attorneys general and three governors on October 28 in suing the Trump Administration over illegally suspending November SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown. As a result, the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is issuing full November SNAP food benefits, and Minnesotans will begin to see benefits on their EBT cards as early as today, Saturday, November 8. Minnesota DCYF continues to monitor the situation closely.
“It should never have come to this,” Attorney General Ellison said. “In past federal government shutdowns, SNAP benefits have been fully funded — but this time, Donald Trump chose to hold hungry Minnesotans hostage, making sure they stayed hungry while billionaires got richer literally by the second. I’m relieved our lawsuit to hold Trump accountable for this illegal and shameless behavior is helping to feed our neighbors, friends, and loved ones in Minnesota — and still outraged at his and his administration’s cruelty and lies. I will never stop fighting to unrig this economy and the powerful interests — including in the White House — that profit off it while Americans suffer.”