A coalition of Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration on Monday, accusing it of hijacking federal crime victim funding in a bid to pressure states into assisting with immigration enforcement.

The lawsuit, filed by 20 states and Washington, D.C., claims the Justice Department has illegally tied access to Victims of Crime Act funds to cooperation with President Donald Trump’s deportation crackdown—a move the states describe as “unprecedented.” All involved states have Democratic attorneys general.

“The challenged conditions would force these States into an untenable position: either forfeit access to critical resources for vulnerable crime victims and their families, or accept unlawful conditions, allowing the federal government to conscript state and local officials to enforc

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