New York Attorney General Letitia James and the top prosecutors from 19 other states announced that they are suing the Trump administration to block new restrictions on federal funding to help some victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. Specifically, the coalition is focusing its lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, on a new Justice Department rule that bars states from providing services to survivors who "cannot immediately prove their immigration status," the attorneys general said in a statement.

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