Throughout June and into July, devastated members of the American public have continued to pray and protest in front of New Jersey’s Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center operated by the for-profit corporation Geo Group. The sustained presence of the crowds, which include faith communities, concerned neighbors, friends and family of those detained, and advocates, has helped raise awareness about detainee deaths and the abominable conditions inside Delaney and other detention centers.

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When families arrive in the United States looking for safety, they usually come with almost nothing but hope. Hope that their kids will finally sleep through the night without fear. Hope that they can rebuild. Hope that this country will give them a fair shot at standing on their own two feet. For years, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has been one of the most important tools helping newly arrived refugee families do exactly that.

But the SNAP eligibility cuts tucked into…