A nonprofit serving local immigrants recently hosted a Thanksgiving meal for 100 immigrant families who lost federal food assistance.

The event was intended to send a message to the immigrant community, said Patrick Kearns, executive director of the nonprofit Re:Source Cleveland.

The meals were served inside a building at Ohio City Farm, the nonprofit's urban farm.

“We want to welcome them and use Thanksgiving as a way to say that we're all in this together,” Kearns said.

More than 4,000 Cuyahoga County immigrants lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) starting Nov. 1. U.S. lawmakers said the cuts were to reduce government spending and limit access to benefits for non-citizens. Supporters of this change have also argued that it's necessary to reduce fraud a

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