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  "path": "/2026/04/02/food-stamp-benefits",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-02T14:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.berkeleyside.org",
  "tags": [
    "Community",
    "Nosh",
    "Alameda County Community Food Bank",
    "food insecurity",
    "Home: highlight",
    "Home: lead"
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  "textContent": "Refugees, asylees, survivors of trafficking and others are no longer eligible to apply for new CalFresh benefits. The changes are among the huge cuts to social safety programs in the U.S. enacted by President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”",
  "title": "Thousands of Alameda County immigrants lost access to food stamps this week"
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