*United States Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discloses President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration remarked the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme enrollment is 鈥榯oo high鈥�, and will require millions of low-income American consumers to reapply for food stamps under the SNAP, as part of a sweeping effort at addressing an alleged programme 鈥榝raud鈥�

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United States (US) Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has said the Donald Trump administration will require millions of low-income Americans to reapply for food stamps as part of a sweeping effort to crack down on alleged programme 鈥渇raud鈥�.

Rollins recently told Newsmax that she intends to 鈥渉ave everyone reapply for their benefits.鈥�

The goal, according to her, is to ensure that every consumer receives a taxpayer-funded food aid.

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The US Agriculture Secretary also noted that SNAP benefit 鈥渓iterally [is] vulnerable and 鈥� can鈥檛 survive without it.鈥�

She, however, offered no timeline for implementation of the move, or details on how the reapplication process would work, agency report said.

SNAP under renewed political scrutiny

It was gathered that Rollins鈥� comments come amid heightened attention to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme, which serves nearly 42 million people and cost about $100 billion in fiscal year 2024.

Funding lapses during the recent government shutdown fuelled conservative criticism of the programme鈥檚 reach and cost 鈥� including from President Trump.

While fraud can involve participants鈥� misrepresenting income, retailers trading benefits for cash, or criminals skimming EBT cards, anti-hunger advocates argue the problem is far smaller than the administration claims.

The average SNAP benefit is roughly $6 per day, they note, and participants must already report changes in income and recertify as often as every six months under state rules, report also stated.

As new oversight push includes data demands, Rollins has signalled a broader SNAP overhaul in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, she has already directed states in the US to submit sensitive participant data, including Social Security numbers 鈥� a request that is now being challenged in court.

Last Thursday, the Agriculture Secretary said preliminary data from 29 states show 186,000 deceased individuals are 鈥渞eceiving a cheque鈥� through SNAP, an assertion likely to intensify the administration鈥檚 claims of system-wide waste.

Checks aren’t used in the SNAP programme but the recipients get their funds on their debit cards.

Food aid cuts and work rules reshape programme

The push arrives after months of negotiations over Federal spending, and the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 2025, which enacted a $186 billion cut to SNAP along with stricter work requirements and tighter eligibility rules.

Officials have framed the changes as part of a larger effort at reducing government spending through the DOGE initiative.

President Trump, earlier this week, reiterated his view that SNAP enrollment is too high.

He said on Fox News: 鈥淧eople keep talking about SNAP. But SNAP is supposed to be if you鈥檙e down and out,鈥� according to Politico.

Stressing that American consumers who truly need assistance should receive it, but he contended that 鈥渁ble-bodied鈥� individuals sometimes leave work because benefits are 鈥渆asier鈥�.

The President added: 鈥淭hat鈥檚 not the purpose of it.鈥�

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