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citizen children are eligible for food assistance, their parents can sign them up regardless of the parents' immigration status. You know, we didn't hear back from Doge and the White House on this, though.
Yeah, there are more than a dozen federal lawsuits at this point that allege Doge staffers have been illegally granted permission to view databases with personal and financial information that the government maintains. You know, multiple federal judges have expressed concern about what information Doge has accessed and why. You know, we spoke with John Davison.
Yeah, there are more than a dozen federal lawsuits at this point that allege Doge staffers have been illegally granted permission to view databases with personal and financial information that the government maintains. You know, multiple federal judges have expressed concern about what information Doge has accessed and why. You know, we spoke with John Davison.
Yeah, there are more than a dozen federal lawsuits at this point that allege Doge staffers have been illegally granted permission to view databases with personal and financial information that the government maintains. You know, multiple federal judges have expressed concern about what information Doge has accessed and why. You know, we spoke with John Davison.
He's an attorney at the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center. He had this to say about the latest demand for Snap data.
He's an attorney at the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center. He had this to say about the latest demand for Snap data.
He's an attorney at the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center. He had this to say about the latest demand for Snap data.
His position is that this data request likely violates the Privacy Act, though the USDA told us the request will comply with privacy laws and will follow responsible data handling requirements.
His position is that this data request likely violates the Privacy Act, though the USDA told us the request will comply with privacy laws and will follow responsible data handling requirements.
His position is that this data request likely violates the Privacy Act, though the USDA told us the request will comply with privacy laws and will follow responsible data handling requirements.
The states are still trying to figure out how to respond to these requests, and it could wind up like a lot of things these days in the courts. As for what to expect next, we know Republicans in Congress are teeing up a proposal to make deep cuts to SNAP, the food assistance program.
The states are still trying to figure out how to respond to these requests, and it could wind up like a lot of things these days in the courts. As for what to expect next, we know Republicans in Congress are teeing up a proposal to make deep cuts to SNAP, the food assistance program.
The states are still trying to figure out how to respond to these requests, and it could wind up like a lot of things these days in the courts. As for what to expect next, we know Republicans in Congress are teeing up a proposal to make deep cuts to SNAP, the food assistance program.
And we've seen this play out where federal data is used by Doge to make exaggerated allegations of waste and fraud to justify slashing government programs.
And we've seen this play out where federal data is used by Doge to make exaggerated allegations of waste and fraud to justify slashing government programs.
And we've seen this play out where federal data is used by Doge to make exaggerated allegations of waste and fraud to justify slashing government programs.
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