ILLINOIS (WCIA) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 21 other states are celebrating a victory in a case where they filed a lawsuit to prevent the Trump Administration from accessing information on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.

In a news release on Friday, Raoul said the District Court for the Northern District of California ordered a temporary restraining order. This means that, for the time being, the Trump administration cannot demand that states turn over personal information on its SNAP applicants and recipients.

“I join others in our coalition in applauding the court in this decision, which ensures SNAP recipients can receive the benefits they rely on without the concern of their private personal information being involuntarily shared outside

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