Many posts are true in stating that we currently discriminate against US citizens by counting their full income and denying them SNAP benefits and are allowing those here illegally to benefit from income proration allowing their families to receive SNAP benefits. As an agency that states it does not discriminate I for one agree it is time that we do not discriminate and count money as money regardless of who you are.

As a fraud investigator I also continue to have misgivings about the current policy as in final processing the alien clients are not being held to the same reporting standard (because there is no way to ensure they understand how to calculate their countable income) as everyone else. In completing a case, not only am I not able to utilize administrative consequences against the alien member (they are already disqualified so getting a disqualification through an IPV or ADH is useless), I also cannot actually determine when income changes should have been reported by the household as the reporting requirement is 130% - these household's are approved when they are ALREADY over 130% so they essentially have no responsibility as a client.

We are discriminating and allowing a pass for these persons not only by giving them benefits other households cannot receive but we are also allowing them to circumvent their responsibilities as client's because they fall through the cracks of reporting requirements that all other applicant's have to follow.

Please change this policy and treat each applicant the same.