The Trump administration is cracking down on illegal immigrants using food stamps by instructing state agencies to increase verification.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services John Walk issued guidance on Thursday to state agencies administering the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to enhance identity and immigration verification practices.
Specifically the Department of Agriculture guidance requires states to obtain more reliable documents to prove identity, deter fraudulent use of Social Security numbers, and directs the state agencies to make better use of the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system, also known as SAVE, which DHS made available to states for free. The guidance also encourages identification proofing process…
