The Trump administration told states to provide the data by July 30 or risk losing federal funding to administer the program. This is California’s 35th suit against the Trump administration.

A lawsuit filed against the Trump administration by a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general, including Nevada’s, alleges that personal data mined from federal agencies could be used illegally to build a surveillance state unlike the nation has ever seen – putting recipients for things like food assistance at risk if they are being targeted

Michigan is among the states that sued the federal government over a pending rule that seeks extensive access to the records of SNAP recipients.