By Faris Bseiso, CNN
Posted at 6:30 PM ET, Mon June 24, 2019


Washington Post: Puerto Rico might not get $600 million in aid until September despite new law[/i

Washington (CNN) — The Trump administration has not sent $600 million in emergency food stamp aid to Puerto Rico two weeks after President Donald Trump approved the funds, and the US territory does not expect to receive the funding until September, according to the Washington Post.
The anticipated delay would mark six months after cuts to the food stamp program began, Glorimar Andújar Matos -- executive director of the Departamento de la Familia -- told the Post.
Around a million people in Puerto Rico are reliant on the food stamp program, according to Matos, and they have seen a decrease in benefits in the months since the cuts began.