India, Dec. 17 -- In its latest ruling, a federal judge in Oregon has prevented the Trump administration's intentions to impose fines amounting to millions of dollars on states regarding their SNAP operations.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which supplies food and groceries to millions of Americans, including Green Card holders, is under scrutiny. The Trump administration asserts that the government's most extensive food assistance initiative, the Food Stamp program, is riddled with fraud and needs to be terminated.

Only US citizens and specifically lawfully present non-citizens, such as Green Card holders, are eligible to receive SNAP benefits. Certain lawfully present noncitizens are required to wait 5 years bef...