House members said they are troubled by the Agriculture Department's plans to collect personal data from people who applied for federal food assistance, and urged the effort to "immediately cease." ...

The federal government told states to turn over names, birthdates, Social Security numbers and other sensitive data about ...

"In addition, USDA's effort risks irreparably damaging SNAP's reputation by eroding ... how USDA will store the data, who will have access to the data and whether it will be processed by ...

One of the plaintiffs' arguments is that the USDA's data request is "arbitrary and ... Have information you want to share about SNAP, DOGE access to government databases and immigration?

“For years, this program has been on autopilot, with no USDA insight into real-time data ... food and nutrition access at advocacy group Nebraska Appleseed, said that SNAP works, and more ...

The executive order calls for “unfettered access to comprehensive data ... The attorneys behind the lawsuit warn the USDA’s demand for SNAP data could set a dangerous precedent.