SANTA FE — New Mexico is bracing for a showdown with President Donald Trump's administration over the federal government's threat to withhold food assistance funding if the state doesn't turn over personal information about recipients.

State officials were asked by the Trump administration last week to provide five years' worth of data about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, recipients within seven days, according to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's office.

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