Kentuckians could once again be at risk of losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits after the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a renewed request for states to share beneficiaries' immigration statuses.

The Trump administration is threatening to withhold SNAP benefits from Democratic-led states if they decline to share the names and immigration status information of recipients with the USDA.

Twenty-one states, including Kentucky, sued the administration in an effort to block the request. In September, a federal judge temporarily blocked the USDA from denying funding to states. But in November, Kentucky received a new letter requesting the data again, said Scottie Ellis, a spokesperson for Gov. Andy Beshear’s office. Now, states have until Dec. 8 to respond to

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