An individual at a Chicago food store behind an alleged Venezuelan Immigrant picked up a Foodshare (FS) program receipt left behind by the unidentified immigrant showing a huge FS and cash balance, and shared receipt with a friend who then shared a photo of the receipt in social media.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
August 2, 2024
Chicago, Illinois - On Thursday, Nisha Pearson shared on Facebook (FB) an image of a food store receipt dated 7/31/2024 left behind by an alleged unidentified Venezuela migrant in Chicago, which Pearson's friend happened to pick up and keep, the receipt shows a $14,401.82 EBT balance (Electronic Benefit Transfer through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program-SNAP/Foodshare) and $4,498.85 EBT cash balance. The FS total amount purchase at the Chicago food store showed $24.82.
The EBT is issued to qualifying low income individuals and immigrant asylum refugees (while asylum application is pending for approval under the Biden administration) processed by the State of Illinois Department of Human Services, which is federally funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Human Services.
In her FB post, Pearson becamed upset over not being able to get EBT herself, questioning the fairness of the State of Illinois DHS Foodshare program.
Pearson's post has been circulating on social media and is going viral.
The State of Illinois DHS has not confirmed, if the Foodshare Chicago store receipt transaction is legit and also has not released any statement explaining the excessive food and cash balance issued to the EBT/SNAP card holder in question.
Pearson was contacted on Friday by Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) to confirm her FB post related to the Illinois Foodshare receipt, but Pearson has not responded to the HNNUSA inquiry.
States that provide Foodshare funds that accumulates on an individual's SNAP EBT card gets returned to state at the end of the year, if not used (spent).
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