Leading Anti-Hunger Advocate Responds to SNAP Ruling: ‘Enough Is Enough’

November 6, 2025

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This afternoon, Judge John McConnell of the District of Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to issue full SNAP benefits by tomorrow, November 7, 2025 – an order that the Department of Justice almost immediately announced they would appeal. MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, a national anti-hunger advocacy organization, responded with fury to the news of the appeal and called on the administration to immediately provide SNAP funds to the 42 million Americans who are waiting for the benefits they are owed.

MAZON President & CEO Abby J. Leibman stated:

“It’s validating and truly powerful to see Judge McConnell’s order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund and issue SNAP benefits by tomorrow. This court order bolsters what we have known for weeks — that the Trump administration recklessly and unnecessarily drove millions of people into hunger, anxiety, and despair as they lost their critically-needed SNAP benefits.

“And it is equally enraging that Trump’s Department of Justice almost immediately announced its intent to appeal the order. That it is now the official position of this administration that they are not responsible for Americans in need is not surprising, but it is certainly appalling.

“Let us not forget that here, in the richest country on earth, it took judicial intervention to force the President to carry out a program that keeps 42 million low-income Americans fed. As Judge McConnell himself wrote, ‘This is a problem that could have and should have been avoided.’ That is a devastating reality.

“Now, we must keep the pressure up to make sure the Trump administration drops this unconscionable appeal, immediately releases SNAP contingency funds, transfers any additional funds necessary, and issues clear and accurate guidance to states to end this nonsense. Enough is enough.”

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