President Donald Trump’s administration has revealed sweeping fraud inside the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), top officials have announced.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins revealed that at least 186,000 deceased individuals were receiving benefits.
However, the huge number is expected to grow further once data from Democrat-run states is finally disclosed.
Rollins detailed the findings while addressing concerns surrounding SNAP, describing the scale of fraud as staggering.
She explained that on her first day in office, she sent a letter to all 50 states requesting full recipient data.
The requested data includes names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and addresses.
Rollins explained that the federal government had never requested that information before.
In a post on X, Rollins said that she issued the request “so we could make sure illegal immigrants aren’t getting benefits meant for American families,” adding:
“The Democrat Party has turned its back on working Americans and built its entire strategy around protecting illegal aliens.
“They know if the handouts stop, those illegals will go back home, and Democrats will lose 20+ seats after the next census.”
Rollins said that 29 states, mostly red states, complied and submitted their data in February, March, and April.
“29 states — mostly the red states — responded with their data sets, February, March, April; so the numbers that you’re talking through, those are numbers that we have been collecting and analyzing since early summer/late spring,” she said.
What her team discovered was far more alarming than initial reports suggested.
Rollins revealed that early media reports on 5,000 dead people receiving benefits represented only a fraction of the truth.
“The fact that this spotlight shined on SNAP has allowed us to talk about it.
“But here’s the most unbelievable news I have [learned] really just over the last few days:
“That 5,000 dead people, that was just one month; the number is closer to 186,000 deceased men and women and children in this country are receiving a check.
“That is what we are really going to start clamping down on. Half a million are getting two [checks].”
She added that these findings come only from the 29 states that responded.
“But here’s the really stunning thing,” she continued.
“This is just data from those 29, mostly red, states. Can you imagine when we get our hands on the blue state data, what we’re gonna find?
“It’s gonna give us a platform and a trajectory to fundamentally rebuild this program, have everyone reapply for their benefit, make sure that everyone that’s taking a taxpayer benefit through SNAP or food stamps, that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it.”
WATCH:
BREAKING: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to OVERHAUL entire SNAP program after major fraud exposed
– 186,000 dead people receiving benefits
– 500,000 recipients are getting double benefits
– every recipient will need to reapply to verify "they can't survive without it"… pic.twitter.com/J2UE23KMTa— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 14, 2025
The Trump administration is now preparing aggressive reforms to eliminate fraud, remove ineligible recipients, and restore SNAP as a program intended for vulnerable Americans, not foreign nationals, duplicate filings, or the deceased.
More announcements are expected as the Department of Agriculture continues analyzing the data and presses remaining states to comply with federal requests.
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