As the United States braces for SNAP food aid to be cut off , 25 states are taking legal action.

Attorneys general and governors from 25 states, plus Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit on Oct. 28 against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and President Donald Trump's administration, USA TODAY reported. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court in Boston.

About 42 million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , better known as SNAP or food stamps. In Tennessee alone, 690,000 people rely on the government food assistance program.

The lawsuit asks for the court's intervention in the SNAP lapse, claiming that halting the federal program is illegal and goes against the Administrative Procedure Act and 2008 Food and Nutrition Act, the lawsui

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