California, New York, and 19 other states, along with D.C., are suing the Trump administration over USDA rules requiring detailed personal data from SNAP recipients.

The lawsuit argues that the federal government’s demand was an attempt to obtain sensitive personal information for use outside the food stamp program.

The 20 mostly Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., said the Trump administration's efforts to amass a database of food stamp recipients to check their immigration status and identify fraud violate federal privacy laws and the U.