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Brooke Rollins: “One of the very first things we did...was sent a letter to…”

Featuring: Brooke Rollins, Republican | United States Secretary of Agriculture | National

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Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 31:33

First I talked about the extraordinary explosion of benefits under the last administration. And what happened was that the money that was going out was zero accountability. So One of the very first things we did...was sent a letter to all the states...saying no more illegal aliens on SNAP. program is administered through the states and the governor's office so sent a letter to all the states saying no more illegal aliens on snap. Period, full stop. (31:33–31:47)

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Asserts that the current administration sent a directive to states to prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving SNAP benefits.

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