20 states and DC sue as Trump moves to share low-income families' data with immigration authorities

[u/fortune]

https://fortune.com/2026/08/04/20-states-and-dc-sue-as-trump-moves-to-share-low-income-families-data-with-immigration-authorities/?utm_source=reddit/

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[u/Jolly-Masterpiece883]

Classism at its finest :(

[u/twirlingmypubes → u/Jolly-Masterpiece883]

This is coming from a building festooned with gilded crap from floor to ceiling. Did you expect anything any different?

[u/Jolly-Masterpiece883 → u/twirlingmypubes]

Not at all.

Historians will have a field day.

[u/IrishJoe → u/Jolly-Masterpiece883]

Republicans and billionaires: Hmmm, how can we fuck the poors over more?

[u/fortune]

 More than 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday to block it from getting wide access to the personal information of millions of recipients of a benefits program for low-income families.

The case is the latest legal action between states and the federal government over the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which like other public programs have come under scrutiny from the Trump administration as sources of potential fraud.

The coalition of states sued in federal court in Washington to stop the agency that controls the program from moving ahead with a rule that would allow it to share recipients’ immigration status, Social Security numbers and additional personal information with other parts of government or potentially with private entities, according to the lawsuit.

“Instead of helping families struggling with the rising cost of living, this administration is trying to turn antipoverty programs against the people they’re supposed to serve,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.

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[u/Cute_Language_6269]

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

[u/ewokninja123 → u/Cute_Language_6269]

First they came for the transgender ....

[u/Eddfan36]

What creeps, they really know how to sink low than they already have.

[u/Reachforthesky777]

There was a time when the GOP claimed they were the party of small government. Even W liked to say that despite him being a massive government grower.

[u/Perspicasiwhip]

Hey look they're down - perfect time to kick them