EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso-Las Cruces metroplex region could be positioned to feel an “outsized effect” due to the potential cut to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding, according to a university professor of economics.

“El Paso and Las Cruces are among the 20 most impoverished metropolitan economies in the United States, and there is a higher percentage of local households that rely upon SNAP benefits to be able to cover their food bills every month,” Tom Fullerton, professor of economics at the University of Texas at El Paso, said.

While it is still unclear if the SNAP program will lose funding come Saturday, and if it does, how long will that last, Fullerton warned that if the cuts to SNAP last an extended period of time, the impact will be felt beyond the

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