The Trump administration was sued by 14 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City on Friday over its proposal to tighten work requirements for SNAP recipients.
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Calling the Trump administration’s attempt to gut the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program “unlawful” as well as “cruel,” 15 state attorneys general as well as the city of New York filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Agriculture Department over its new requirements for the program, a month after the new rules were finalized.

The revamped rules pertain to work requirements, and threaten to kick an estimated 688,000 people off the program, commonly called SNAP or “food stamps.”

The plaintiffs filed their suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, arguing that the rules, which are set to go into effect in April, will have reverberating effects on not just Americans’ ability to feed their families but their overall financial stability.

“The federal government’s latest assault on vulnerable individuals is cruel to its core,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James. “Denying access to vital […]