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1.5 Million Latinos Have Lost Food Aid Since Trump Passed Tax Giveaway for the Rich

An analysis published Tuesday estimates that 1.5 million US Latinos have lost access to federal food assistance since the passage of President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the latest of numerous indicators of how the law's evisceration of the social safety net is hitting working-class families while delivering enormous benefits to…

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Common Dreams· Oct 21, 12:40 AM1.5 Million Latinos Have Lost Food Aid Since Trump Passed Tax Giveaway for the Rich

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