Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has warned federal immigration agents operating at Philadelphia International Airport that they must follow the law or face prosecution, and has encouraged the public to document any law enforcement activity.
The National Housing Law Project has warned that the lapse of funding for SNAP will have severe consequences for low-income families, as 44 million tenants face rent, 24 million people face health costs, and 40 million people, including 16 million children, face food insecurity.
Over 48,000 Americans have signed a petition demanding that the USDA release a $5 billion contingency reserve to maintain SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, which advocates say is being used to leverage hunger for budgetary concessions.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for unlawfully suspending SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown, which could leave 5.5 million Californians without essential food assistance.
Governor Gavin Newsom has deployed California Volunteers and the California National Guard to assist food banks across the state to provide emergency food aid to millions of Californians affected by the federal government shutdown.
A leading legal scholar warns that a government shutdown could give President Donald Trump the opportunity to consolidate power and push forward an authoritarian agenda, while also allowing him to use emergency powers and make personnel decisions with little oversight.
The National Housing Law Project has condemned the government shutdown, warning that it will have a disproportionate impact on poor and working families, and urging Congress to fight for them and end the “assault on our government”.
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