1. Órdenes Judiciales para el Financiamiento de SNAP.
Múltiples jueces federales, incluyendo a John McConnell Jr. e Indira Talwani, emitieron órdenes urgentes requiriendo a la Administración Trump utilizar fondos de contingencia para asegurar el pago de los beneficios de SNAP, argumentando que la suspensión era ilegal y causaría un daño irreparable.
- Federal judge orders trump administration to pay snap benefits out of contingency fund.
- Judge orders trump administration to fully fund snap benefits in november.
- Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on friday that president donald trumps administration must continue to fund snap, the nations biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.
- Judge orders trump administration to fully fund snap benefits by friday, rebukes trump.
2. Resistencia y Apelaciones de la Administración Trump.
A pesar de las órdenes judiciales, la Administración Trump mostró resistencia, inicialmente ofreciendo solo pagos parciales o amenazando con ignorar las órdenes por completo. El Departamento de Justicia (DOJ) apeló activamente las decisiones, buscando bloquear la distribución total de los fondos.
- Trump is going to court to stop snap payments after a federal judge ordered them to immediately distribute the money.
- Trump appeals ruling that orders fast and full snap payments.
- Trump says hell defy court order and wont give out snap benefits.
- Trump administration asks appeals court to immediately halt ruling on snap funding.
3. El Uso de Fondos de Contingencia y el Impacto en los Beneficiarios.
Los jueces confirmaron que existían fondos de emergencia (contingency funds) específicamente designados para mantener SNAP durante un cierre. La negativa de la administración a liberar estos fondos fue vista como una táctica política que ponía en riesgo la seguridad alimentaria de millones de estadounidenses.
- Snap has its own contingency fund set up by congress for this very purpose.
- The judge said that trump and his allies had openly admitted they were withholding funding for snap benefits for political reasons.
- The evidence shows that people will go hungry, food pantries will be overburdened and needless suffering will occur. This should never happen in america.
- 42 million americans rely on snap. Trumps team is fighting in court to stop those benefits—not for lack of money, but because feeding poor people is a political inconvenience.