And more uncertainty for people who depend on food assistance as the Trump administration is threatening to withhold SNAP benefits if states don't hand over data about their program's recipients.

Now, the administration says it's looking into fraud within the federal food assistance program and is seeking names and immigration status of recipients.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says it's an effort to root out fraud in the program that she calls rampant.

Now, most states have turned over that info, but New Jersey is one of 22 states, all led by Democrats, that have refused.

New Jersey's Attorney General Matt Plattken has called the move illegal and deeply immoral.

And his office joined a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration is wrongly denying food assistance to non-citizens who he says are eligible, including refugees, asylum seekers, and legal permanent residents.

And lawmakers are questioning the legality of withholding those SNAP funds because they've already been appropriated by Congress.

All of this comes just as new work requirements went into effect this week, where enrollees have to prove they worked or volunteered a minimum of 80 hours a month to receive the benefits.

In New Jersey, about 800,000 New Jersey residents are enrolled in SNAP.

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