Washington state leaders are urgently waiting for federal guidance on SNAP benefits, but the state’s DSHS says there’s still no timeline on when they’ll go out.
On Thursday, a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP for November by Friday.
“People have gone without for too long, not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable,” said Judge John J. McConnell Jr.
Judge McConnell directly rebuked President Donald Trump for starting “his intent to defy” a court order by saying earlier this week that SNAP will not be funded until the government reopens.
After Trump’s comments, the White House insisted it was complying with the court order.
Judge McConnell criticized the Trump administration for only making a partial payment when it had additional emergency funds and knew the payments would not be delivered in time to comply with his court order, ABC News reports.
“Without SNAP funding for the month of November, 16 million children are immediately at risk of going hungry,” said Judge McConnell. “Children are immediately at risk of going hungry. This should never happen in America.”
DOJ lawyers, in a court filing, stated that they intend to appeal today’s decision. They filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. They are challenging today’s order as well as the orders from last week requiring SNAP be funded.
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