Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell sued the Trump administration on Monday with claims that the Department of Education has unlawfully restricted government and nonprofit employees from having their student loans forgiven after 10 years of service.

Campbell and 21 other attorneys general filed the lawsuit, stating that the federal government is unlawfully restricting eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

The state officials are challenging a new federal rule that would deem certain state and local governments or nonprofit organizations ineligible employers for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Under the new federal rule, the government could determine that agencies that have engaged in “activities or actions that are disfavored by the Admini

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