A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from forcing states to “undo” measures taken to issue full SNAP food aid benefits, according to a court notice on Monday. The move came after a federal appeals court late on Sunday allowed a judge’s order to stand that directs the administration to fully fund this month’s food aid benefits for 42 million low-income Americans. On Saturday, the US Department of Agriculture had directed states to “undo” any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits.
But a federal judge in Boston on Monday morning temporarily blocked that directive. The ruling came at the request of 25 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia, who argued the USDA could not compel them to reverse actions they took based on a prior court order.