By Nate Raymond

(Reuters) -A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to prevent the Trump administration from forcing them to cooperate with immigration enforcement activities in order to receive grant funding to support crime victims.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Rhode Island is the latest case to challenge efforts by Republican President Donald Trump’s administration to impose immigration-related conditions on states’ ability to receive federal funding.

Monday’s lawsuit by state attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia takes aim at a condition the U.S. Department of Justice recently imposed on the ability of states to receive grants pursuant to the Victims of Crime Act, which Congress enacted in 1984 to bolster support for crime vic

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