The Trump administration must take action this week to restart the nation’s largest anti-hunger program despite the government shutdown. That’s according to a federal judge—who ordered emergency funds be tapped—after the food aid program that feeds 42 million Americans ran out of money on Saturday. But it’s unclear how or when the emergency money will be disbursed—nor how long it will last.
Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from Miami—one of the hardest-hit areas in the US.
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