Michigan is among the states that sued the federal government over a pending rule that seeks extensive access to the records of SNAP recipients.

A coalition of 21 attorneys general, including Dana Nessel, filed a lawsuit against the USDA for demanding sensitive data on SNAP recipients, arguing it's illegal and threatens privacy.

The 20 mostly Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., said the Trump administration's efforts to amass a database of food stamp recipients to check their immigration status and identify fraud violate federal privacy laws and the U.