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Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware are among more than 20 states who are suing the Trump administration with the claim that they are planning to illegally withhold SNAP payments for November amid the government shutdown.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it does not have the funds to provide the monthly food assistance expected on Nov. 1, which would go out to around 2 million people in Pennsylvania, 800,000 people in New Jersey and 100,000 people in Delaware.

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Across the county, around 42 million people rely on SNAP payments every month to help get food on the table.

"President Trump does have the ability to avoid this calamity by activating a $5 billion allocation c

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