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J. D. Vance: “There are illegal aliens who benefit from the SNAP program…”

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Vice President JD Vance Holds a Fraud Task Force Roundtable with Members of Congress

Published August 5, 2026 | Video Starts at 33:07

We know that there is a lot of fraud in the SNAP program. We know that There are illegal aliens who benefit from the SNAP program, people who have no legal right to be in the country. We would like to stop that. But I think the American people would be shocked to learn, because I was certainly shocked when I learned it a few months ago, … (33:07–33:12)

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Asserts that illegal aliens are benefiting from the SNAP program.

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