I dont know what chip is but snap only removed people who were ages 18-45 WITHOUT dependents. Therefore minors were not removed from the program even if AOC says that she would’ve starved as a child under these new laws.
When parents come over the border illegally with their parents, the government needs to verify that those kids actually belong to those parents. There are unfortunately a high number of children who are human trafficking victims.
It is sad that children are separated from their parents but these parents are criminals because they broke the law by coming into our country illegally. I can imagine that it was an extremely difficult decision to make and they might have felt that they didn’t have a choice to come in legally but they did break the law by not applying normally for citizenship so now the government has to work backwards to find out who these people are and where can we put them. Remember, these people have no money, options for employment, nor place to live.