超过20个州和哥伦比亚特区于本周一在华盛顿联邦法院起诉特朗普政府，要求阻止其实施一项拟议规则，该规则将允许相关部门与其他政府机构或私人实体共享临时援助家庭计划（TANF）接收者的个人数据[1]。根据诉讼，被共享的敏感信息包括受益人的移民状态、社会安全号码及其他个人信息[1]。
纽约检察长Letitia James在声明中指出，这一举措实质上是将扶贫项目转用为针对其所服务人群的工具[1]。她表示："这个政府不是帮助在生活成本上升中苦苦挣扎的家庭，而是试图把扶贫项目用来对付他们本应服务的人"[1]。TANF项目向各州、哥伦比亚特区和部落政府提供超过160亿美元的资金[1]。起诉的州包括纽约、亚利桑那、加州、科罗拉多、康州、特拉华、夏威夷、伊利诺伊、缅因、马里兰、马萨诸塞、密歇根、明尼苏达、内华达、新泽西、新墨西哥、俄勒冈、罗德岛、佛蒙特、弗吉尼亚、华盛顿和威斯康星，肯塔基和宾州州长也签署了诉讼[1]。
More than 20 states and the District of Columbia filed suit in federal court on Monday against the Trump administration, challenging a proposed rule that would allow federal agencies to share personal information about millions of recipients of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program [1]. The contested regulation would permit the sharing of sensitive data including immigration status, Social Security numbers, and other personal information with other government departments or private entities [1].
The TANF program distributes more than $16 billion in federal funding to states, the District of Columbia, and tribal governments [1]. New York Attorney General Letitia James criticized the proposal, stating: "Rather than helping families struggling with the rising cost of living, this administration is attempting to weaponize anti-poverty programs against the very people they are meant to serve" [1]. The coalition of states challenging the rule includes New York, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin, along with governors from Kentucky and Pennsylvania who also signed onto the lawsuit [1].