"According to the Department of Agriculture, 1.5 million noncitizens received food stamps
in the 2015 fiscal year, as did 3.9 million citizen children living with noncitizen adults.
Undocumented immigrants are never eligible for food stamps, though they may live in a “mixed eligibility” household that does receive them. For instance, it’s not uncommon for undocumented parents to apply for assistance on behalf of their citizen children."
Immigrants are now canceling their food stamps for fear that Trump will deport them
Who's zoomin' who????
There is no attempt to restrict food stamps from illegal aliens any more than states that issue driver's licenses to illegals attempt to restrict them from voting.
"Such households have a mix of illegals (often parents) and citizens (usually kids); only the citizens are nominally eligible for the benefits of the program, but if groceries purchased by Food Stamps are on the dining room table, the common-sense assumption is that all members of the family will benefit from it.
Yes, all else being equal, a low-income household with one or more illegal aliens in it, is more likely to get Food Stamps than a household with similar income with all members being legally present. In another, related scenario both families are eligible, both have equal incomes, but the one with an illegal alien member seems to get a larger allotment."
The Food Stamp Program Rewards Households with Illegal Aliens