Attorney General Mayes today secured a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s demand that states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. This July, Attorney General Mayes joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration alleging that this demand violates multiple federal laws and the U.S. Constitution.

“Donald Trump’s illegal demand that states hand over sensitive data about families who rely on food assistance is an outrageous abuse of power and I am proud to have secured a court order preventing it,” said Attorney General Mayes. “Arizonans who turn to SNAP to feed their families should not have to fear that their personal information will be swept into Trump’s mass surveillance agenda. My office will continue to fight to protect Arizonans’ privacy and ensure that federal agencies follow the law.”