As I have previously stated numerous time, the federal budget is getting out of hand. We need to find ways to cut the spending. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has a suggestion.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, The Daily Caller reported:<\/p>\n
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Sunday on \u201cFox & Friends Weekend\u201d thousands of illegal migrants have been taken off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and that there will be drastic reform to ensure those who are truly vulnerable receive benefits.<\/strong><\/p>\n Concerns about maintaining SNAP benefits began in October 2025 as the government shutdown<\/a> stretched out. Notably, a handful of Democrats<\/a> sued the Trump administration to use a contingency fund to continue the food aid. Highlighting how the argument over the benefits shed light on who is receiving SNAP, Rollins was asked to discuss reports of illegal immigrants being eligible for SNAP.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of miscommunication out there on the program, but this is one of the first things we did when I walked in. Day One of USDA, February 13th, is we sent letters to every governor in America being very clear that no illegal aliens can use SNAP. Zero, zero, zero,\u201d Rollins said. \u201cWe asked every state for the first time in history \u2014 and this was in February \u2014 to send us their data and let us, with DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency] and a war room, actually start going through this data to better understand how this explosion of SNAP benefits happened under Joe Biden. We increased almost 40% on this program in just a couple of years under the Biden administration.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Illegal immigration was one of the reasons for the increased enrollment in the SNAP Program, but another cause was the inflation caused by the Biden administration’s energy and economic policies.<\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n According to a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) memo obtained<\/a> in September 2025 by the Daily Caller News Foundation, federal officials were directed to scrutinize and weed out migrant applicants deemed more likely to become dependent on government services and programs.<\/strong><\/p>\n While data on illegal migrants and SNAP usage is limited, USDA data<\/a> from 2022 shows the program provided benefits to 1.465 million noncitizens, with an additional 2.2 million children living with noncitizens also receiving SNAP benefits, according<\/a> to the Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC). Data pulled by EPIC shows California led the nation in this regard, providing 273,000 food stamps to noncitizens in fiscal year 2022, followed by Florida with 238,000, and New York with 218,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I have previously stated numerous time, the federal budget is getting out of hand. We need to find ways to cut the spending. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has a suggestion. On Sunday, The Daily Caller reported: Secretary of … Continue reading