A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make a payment to fully fund SNAP for the month of November by Friday.

“People have gone without for too long, not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable,” said Judge John J. McConnell Jr.

Judge McConnell directly rebuked President Donald Trump for starting “his intent to defy” a court order by saying earlier this week that SNAP will not be funded until the government reopens.

“In fact, the day before the compliance was ordered, the president stated his intent to defy the court order when he said, ‘SNAP payments will be given only when the government opens,'” the judge said.

The White House, after Trump’s comments, insisted it was complying with the court order.

Judge McConnell criticized the Trump administration for only making a partial payment when it had additional emergency funds and knew the payments would not be delivered in time to comply with his court order.

“Without SNAP funding for the month of November, 16 million children are immediately at risk of going hungry,” said Judge McConnell. “Children are immediately at risk of going hungry. This should never happen in America.”

–ABC News’ Peter Charalambous