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New Mexico's Democratic congressional delegation sent a letter Tuesday to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, demanding the federal government refund the extra $30 million the state of New Mexico spent in November on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits during the federal government shutdown.

You can read our coverage here . News of the letter comes as the Trump administration threatened Tuesday to withhold SNAP funding from about 20 Democratic states, including New Mexico, that are refusing to share data such as immigration status about SNAP beneficiaries. New Mexico has been party to lawsuits earlier this year challenging changes the Trump administration has been trying to make to SNAP; la

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