The US Department of Agriculture has issued guidance to all state agencies that administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to enhance the identity and immigration verification practices to ensure eligibility in the program. The guidance is in response to a prior executive order made by President Trump, directing federal agencies to “enhance eligibility verification systems, to the maximum extent possible, to ensure that taxpayer funded benefits exclude any ineligible alien.” The guidance requires states to obtain more reliable documentation to prove identity, better the use of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements and take additional measures to deter fraudulent use of social security numbers. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said, “President Trump has made it clear that American taxpayers will no longer subsidize illegal aliens,” said Secretary Rollins. “We are stewards of taxpayer dollars, and it is our duty to ensure states confirm the identity and verify the immigration status of SNAP applicants. USDA’s nutrition programs are intended to support the most vulnerable Americans. To allow those who broke our laws by entering the United States illegally to receive these benefits is outrageous.”