Maryland AG Anthony G. Brown has joined 22 other attorneys general and three governors in suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Now Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and a coalition of 24 other Democratic led states are suing the Trump Administration for withholding SNAP funds.

A coalition of states filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from suspending food aid benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown.

More than 1.6 million people who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the D.C. area are at risk of losing assistance starting Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues, according to the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

"We've never been in a situation where SNAP benefits have been taken off the table,” said Maryland Food Bank CEO Meg Kimmel.

About 42 million Americans receive SNAP benefits, and some Catholic charitable organizations have expressed concern that any halt to the program would be difficult to remedy with simply private charity.

Delaware Governor Matt Meyer has declared a state of emergency in the First State as the continued federal government shutdown threatens to interrupt the federally-funded Supplemental Nutrition Assist

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