USDA Secretary Rollins Instructs Agency to Stop Illegal Immigrants From Getting Food Stamps

Freshly confirmed Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has directed the agency to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving food stamps, according to a letter issued on Feb. 25. Rollins instructed the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) “to immediately clarify and enforce all rules restricting its beneficiaries to U.S. citizens and legal residents only,” a press release from the agency explained. “The days in which taxpayer dollars are used to subsidize illegal immigration are over,” Rollins said in the Feb. 25 press release that accompanied a copy of the letter. “Today’s directive affirms that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will follow the law—full stop.”...