Posted on 11/09/2025 9:43:04 AM PST by John Semmens
In an effort to determine how many illegal immigrants are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins asked "every state to send us their SNAP data so we could make sure illegal immigrants aren't getting benefits meant for American families. 29 states stepped up. 21 blue states refused — and two sued us for asking."
California Attorney General Rob Bonta pointed out that "everyone knows that it is unlawful for states to give SNAP benefits to persons who entered the United States illegally. Given the tens of millions of persons who have illegally crossed our borders there's bound to be a few who somehow ended up getting these benefits. So in effect, the USDA's inquiry is asking states to incriminate themselves by providing the names of those we are illicitly paying benefits to. That is illegal under the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution. Anyone who has seen mobsters testifying in court, at congressional hearings, in movies, or on TV knows that a suspect cannot be compelled to testify against himself."
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) asserted that "our demand that government benefits be increased as the 'price' for us to vote to open the government has always been based on the fact that the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, already makes undocumented immigrants ineligible for major federal public benefits such as SNAP and Medicaid. To imply that sanctuary states might be violating this law, as the USDA's question suggests, is attempted entrapment. I don't blame the 21 states that have refused to be lured into incriminating themselves."
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La) complained "we're trying to get government to work more efficiently and effectively for citizens, and we are getting hindered by the political games being played by the Democrats. It's unfair to the hard-working, tax-paying citizens that we are supposed to be representing."
Just like the democrats “we don’t need voter ID because everyone knows non citizens can’t vote.”
No records upon request, no funding. Period. Records show up after the first defunding, they get 10% less than they would have. And every time they pull that, or delays, drop it another 5% on top of the previous percentage.
SMOKESCREEN!
Demographics is destiny.
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