Ellison files another lawsuit to protect SNAP recipients

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state of Minnesota against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, challenging its recent demand from USDA that within 30 days, Minnesota interview in person more than 100,000 households -- constituting approximately 191,000 people — that receive SNAP benefits to verify their eligibility for the program. 

The Trump administration threatened to cut off Minnesota's SNAP funding and disqualify it from SNAP altogether unless Minnesota complies with what Ellison said are impossible demands that are prohibited under federal law.