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The Trump administration released a regulation on Monday that would make it harder for immigrants who use public assistance such food stamps, Medicaid, or other forms of welfare to receive green cards and become U.S. citizens.

The USDA issued a proposal that would close a “loophole” allowing 3.1 million people who already receive welfare to receive food stamps.

The former leader of South Dakota’s food stamp program has been ordered to fork over $750,000 to the government for allegedly faking Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) data so she could benefit financially.

The number of individuals participating in the nation’s food stamp program has sunk to its lowest level in ten years, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

More than 2.5 million households in the United States dropped off food stamps under the Trump administration, according to the latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Over 5.8 million individuals have discontinued their participation in America’s food stamp program since President Donald Trump’s first full month in office, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data.

A New Jersey man is facing up to five years behind bars for running a $3.2 million food stamp fraud operation at a Connecticut store.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) slammed Walmart’s board of directors on Wednesday for paying employees ‘starvation’ wages while enriching CEO.

President Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday cracking down on welfare-dependent legal immigration to the United States in an effort to protect American taxpayers. 

The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice surveyed college students to determine how many of them face hunger and “food insecurity.”

A proposal in Texas would ban food stamps from being used to pay for junk food such as sports drinks, soda, candy, chips, and cookies.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News Thursday in an exclusive interview that Republicans should embrace paid family leave because it helps the family and small businesses.

Every illegal alien, over the course of their lifetime, costs American taxpayers about $70,000, Center for Immigration Studies Director of Research Steve Camarota says.

A Florida business owner was found guilty of conducting a multi-million-dollar food stamp fraud scheme where he exchanged bribes and other favors with daycare centers to secure catering contracts.

An Alabama lawmaker introduced a bill this month that would make it legal to require some food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing.

A Florida woman is accused of putting false information down on her public assistance applications to collect $26,000 in Medicaid and food stamps.

A federal regulation to ensure that legal immigrants who are a public burden on American taxpayers are not allowed to permanently resettle in the U.S. is expected sometime this year, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials tell Breitbart News.

More than 3.8 million people dropped off food stamps since President Donald Trump’s first full month in office, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Vice President Mike Pence lauded the success of one of America’s first Opportunity Zones created under the Trump administration from South Carolina Thursday.

Overall food stamp participation in the U.S. declined for 12 straight months, according to recently released Department of Agriculture (USDA) data on food stamp enrollment.

More than 1.4 million households dropped off food stamps since President Donald Trump’s first full month in office in February 2017, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data on food stamp enrollment released Friday.

A Texas state representative is looking to combat food stamp fraud by sponsoring a bill which would require the state’s health and human service commission to add names and photos to state identification cards for food stamp users.

President Donald J. Trump correctly said during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday that nearly five million Americans dropped off welfare during his administration, which serves as the lowest food stamp participation in nearly a decade.

The majority of illegal and legal immigrants living in the United States have a high school diploma or less, newly released research by Pew Research Center reveals. 

The government office overseeing the nation’s food stamp program will slim down 95 percent of its operations by the fifth day of the government shutdown, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) documents outlining shutdown contingency plans.

Trump administration officials have been making efforts throughout the year to keep people from relying on food stamps and other forms of welfare, but they have also made strides in taking down criminals committing food stamp fraud for financial gain.

The Trump administration announced Thursday it would provide additional restrictions on states’ use of waivers to get out of a requirement mandating able-bodied food stamp recipients to work to receive benefits for more than three months.

The First Step Act, if signed into law by President Trump, would reduce the federal prison population by 53,000 inmates, the CBO reveals.

Food stamp enrollment dropped over the past year in 47 out of 50 states, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics on nationwide food stamp enrollment.

The pro-mass immigration Koch brothers say ending welfare-dependent immigration to the United States would do “serious harm” to the nation and be a “serious mistake.” 

A deal in which President Trump accepts an amnesty for millions of DACA illegal aliens in exchange for minor border wall funding would be counterproductive to the “America First” goals of the administration, depressing U.S. wages in the process ahead of the 2020 election.

More than 3.5 million people have dropped off food stamps since President Donald Trump’s first full month in office, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

More than 7-in-10 households headed by immigrants in the state of California are on taxpayer-funded welfare, a new study reveals. 

Authorities arrested and charged two dozen people for carrying out $50,000 worth of food stamp fraud, according to investigators with the Rhode Island State Police.

Food stamp usage by newly arrived legal immigrants have dropped by about 10 percent, research reveals, as President Trump is expected to enact new legal immigration controls.

Participation in the nation’s food stamp program has sunk to an all-time low, reaching its lowest level in nearly a decade, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).