A coalition of 25 states plus the District of Columbia have filed suit against the Trump Administration to force release of SNAP funds.
The US Department of Agriculture has $6 billion in an emergency reserve fund, authorized by Congress to be disbursed during shut-down. In September, that’s what USDA said it would do.
The states filed the lawsuit in Massachusetts district court.
[The] plaintiffs argue that by not allocating contingency funds, the USDA is violating the Food and Nutrition Act, which protects access to SNAP benefits. They also allege that the USDA’s actions are arbitrary and capricious, and therefore violate the Administrative Procedure Act.
The federal government has the money to continue funding SNAP benefits — they’re choosing to harm millions of families across the country already struggling to make ends meet.
I’m leading a lawsuit against the Trump Administration to release these funds immediately. pic.twitter.com/X8dD10J1yD— AG Andrea Joy Campbell (@MassAGO) October 28, 2025
The states:
- Arizona
- California
- Connecticut
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Washington
- Wisconsin
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