DENVER, Colo. (KKTV) - Governor Jared Polis has released a statement following President Donald Trump’s administration’s new guidance on SNAP benefits.

A federal court ordered the Trump administration to fully fund the program. But the administration appealed the order, and the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked it on Friday.

Nearly 32,000 people in Colorado received their payments before the cut-off. The Trump administration is now demanding that states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out before the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Polis’ office sent 11 News the following statement Sunday:

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