SNAP beneficiaries have expressed outrage on social media over the government shutdown that could affect their grocery benefits starting next month — with some even threatening to ransack stores if food stamp payments don’t go through starting Nov. 1.

Even if a judge rules the benefits cannot be suspended for the first time in SNAP’s 61-year history, many beneficiaries are likely to face delays in getting the debit cards they use to buy groceries reloaded. That process can take one to two weeks, so it’s likely too late to get funds on cards in the first days of November.

The action comes two days after more than two dozen states sued the USDA, the federal agency that administers SNAP benefits.

SNAP benefits are expected to resume after congressional lawmakers pass a bill funding the federal government, which will end the current shutdown. Currently, Republican and Democratic lawmakers are at a stalemate, having failed to advance any proposed legislation to reopen the government.

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The Trump administration's refusal to fund food assistance benefits during the nearly monthlong federal government shutdown will affect 131,891 recipients in San Joaquin County in November.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to continue paying for food stamps during the federal shutdown. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, aids roughly 42 million people and was set to run out of funds on Saturday without intervention.

More than 40 million Americans are preparing for their SNAP benefits to expire tomorrow as the government shutdown continues. MSNBC Reporter Mychael Schnell has the latest from Capitol Hill. New York Times Columnist and Author Nicholas Kristof,