Updates Madeleine Saito 9/19/25 Updates Madeleine Saito 9/19/25 Student Defense Statement on Temporary Restraining Order on the USDA’s Access to Individual SNAP Data from 21 States Read More Updates 7/22/25 Updates 7/22/25 13 U.S. Senators Demand the Trump Administration Cease Efforts To Create Federal SNAP Recipient Database Read More News 7/20/25 News 7/20/25 NPR: The USDA wants states to hand over food stamp data by the end of July Read More News 6/8/25 News 6/8/25 NPR: USDA says demand for sensitive food stamp data from states is on hold Read More News 6/5/25 News 6/5/25 NEWSWEEK: Trump Administration Backs Off Demand for SNAP Recipient Data Read More Updates 6/2/25 Updates 6/2/25 Trump Administration Backs Off Illegal Demand for SNAP Data Read More News 6/2/25 News 6/2/25 THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump Administration Backs Off Effort to Collect Data on Food Stamp Recipients Read More News 5/29/25 News 5/29/25 KOMU 8: SNAP participants react to sensitive data shared Read More News 5/24/25 News 5/24/25 ABC NEWS: Privacy and hunger groups sue over USDA attempt to collect personal data of SNAP recipients Read More News 5/22/25 News 5/22/25 BLOOMBERG LAW: SNAP Recipients Sue Agriculture Department Over DOGE Data Demand Read More News 5/21/25 News 5/21/25 NPR: Lawsuit challenges USDA demand for food stamp data as some states prepare to comply Read More Updates 5/21/25 Updates 5/21/25 USDA Sued for Illegally Demanding the Personal Information of Millions of SNAP Recipients From States Read More Updates 12/10/24 Updates 12/10/24 Student Defense Launches the Students Benefits Rollback Tracker to Protect Students’ Basic Needs From Donald Trump’s Project 2025 Agenda Read More Updates 9/15/24 Updates 9/15/24 Student Defense Offers Guidance to the Department of Education on FAFSA Data Sharing Methods to Increase Student Enrollment in Public Benefits Programs Read More Comment Madeleine Saito 6/3/24 Comment Madeleine Saito 6/3/24 Public Comment on Evaluating the Interview Requirement for SNAP Certification Read More News 5/7/24 News 5/7/24 DES MOINES REGISTER: La' James cosmetology school to refund more than $200,000 to settle Iowa student loan suit Read More News 7/31/23 News 7/31/23 CBS NEWS: One-third of graduate schools leave their alums drowning in debt Read More News 7/31/23 News 7/31/23 INSIDE HIGHER ED: New Data Show How Students Fare After Graduate School Read More News 7/31/23 News 7/31/23 USA TODAY: Is grad school worth it? New research shows students left with unmanageable debt Read More News 8/9/20 News 8/9/20 DES MOINES REGISTER: La' James cosmetology college gets pandemic aid even as Iowa AG, March lawsuit allege student loan ripoffs Read More
Updates Madeleine Saito 9/19/25 Updates Madeleine Saito 9/19/25 Student Defense Statement on Temporary Restraining Order on the USDA’s Access to Individual SNAP Data from 21 States Read More
Updates 7/22/25 Updates 7/22/25 13 U.S. Senators Demand the Trump Administration Cease Efforts To Create Federal SNAP Recipient Database Read More
News 7/20/25 News 7/20/25 NPR: The USDA wants states to hand over food stamp data by the end of July Read More
News 6/8/25 News 6/8/25 NPR: USDA says demand for sensitive food stamp data from states is on hold Read More
News 6/5/25 News 6/5/25 NEWSWEEK: Trump Administration Backs Off Demand for SNAP Recipient Data Read More
News 6/2/25 News 6/2/25 THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump Administration Backs Off Effort to Collect Data on Food Stamp Recipients Read More
News 5/24/25 News 5/24/25 ABC NEWS: Privacy and hunger groups sue over USDA attempt to collect personal data of SNAP recipients Read More
News 5/22/25 News 5/22/25 BLOOMBERG LAW: SNAP Recipients Sue Agriculture Department Over DOGE Data Demand Read More
News 5/21/25 News 5/21/25 NPR: Lawsuit challenges USDA demand for food stamp data as some states prepare to comply Read More
Updates 5/21/25 Updates 5/21/25 USDA Sued for Illegally Demanding the Personal Information of Millions of SNAP Recipients From States Read More
Updates 12/10/24 Updates 12/10/24 Student Defense Launches the Students Benefits Rollback Tracker to Protect Students’ Basic Needs From Donald Trump’s Project 2025 Agenda Read More
Updates 9/15/24 Updates 9/15/24 Student Defense Offers Guidance to the Department of Education on FAFSA Data Sharing Methods to Increase Student Enrollment in Public Benefits Programs Read More
Comment Madeleine Saito 6/3/24 Comment Madeleine Saito 6/3/24 Public Comment on Evaluating the Interview Requirement for SNAP Certification Read More
News 5/7/24 News 5/7/24 DES MOINES REGISTER: La' James cosmetology school to refund more than $200,000 to settle Iowa student loan suit Read More
News 7/31/23 News 7/31/23 CBS NEWS: One-third of graduate schools leave their alums drowning in debt Read More
News 7/31/23 News 7/31/23 INSIDE HIGHER ED: New Data Show How Students Fare After Graduate School Read More
News 7/31/23 News 7/31/23 USA TODAY: Is grad school worth it? New research shows students left with unmanageable debt Read More
News 8/9/20 News 8/9/20 DES MOINES REGISTER: La' James cosmetology college gets pandemic aid even as Iowa AG, March lawsuit allege student loan ripoffs Read More
