DOJ Says States Must Make Every Agency Report Undocumented Immigrants—or Risk Welfare Funds
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September 2, 2026
A new Justice Department opinion reverses a 1998 interpretation and says states participating in TANF or SSI must report people known to lack lawful status across their entire governments—not only through welfare offices.