RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two federal judges ruled on Friday that the Trump Administration must continue to fund SNAP benefits . More than 1.4 million North Carolinians receive the benefits to help fight food insecurity.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is applauding the ruling, but recipients are no closer to learning when accounts will be replenished.

Johnnie Thomas says these last few weeks, he's been going around and grabbing food at pantries in preparation of a delay in SNAP benefits.

"I have mental illness, anxiety, depression, that's been exacerbated by what's going," said Thomas. "I never realized that my value has a dollar sign attached to it, and not by an employer, but by my government."

The 60-year-old is on Medicaid, which Thomas says is one source of stress

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