Millions of California families will soon feel the impact of not having their SNAP benefits.

Up to 42 million Americans rely on the supplemental nutritional assistance program, and about 5.5 million in California. The Department of Agriculture says the benefits won’t be issued come Saturday.

Friday, two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to continue to pay for SNAP. One of the judges said the Department of Agriculture must fund SNAP using money in a contingency fund.

In his oral ruling U.S. District Judge John McConnell said, “There is no doubt, and it is beyond argument that irreparable harm will begin to occur if it hasn’t already occurred in the terror, it has caused some people about the availability of funding for food for their family.”

Trump says the two judges’ rul

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