OMAHA, Neb. —

Refugees are looking for new sources of food assistance in Nebraska after President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill took effect Monday.

The bill forced states to put limitations on SNAP benefits by Nov. 1. At the beginning of this month, Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services announced those changes would be starting Oct. 20 .

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"We're entering an unnecessarily difficult time for food insecurity in Nebraska and the nation," Eric Savaiano, an advocate with Nebraska Appleseed, said.

Advocates and nonprofits are concerned with how refugee communities are affected.

"We welcomed refugees into this country and then pulled the financial rug out from underneath them and said, 'Here you go. Too bad,'" Amanda Hall, executive director of Orel Alliance, said.

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