Illinois is among a group of Democratic states suing the Trump administration, seeking to block a change to the federal food stamps program that the states say unlawfully prevented some legal immigrants from accessing the aid.

Kwame Raoul, Illinois’ top lawyer, and attorneys general from 20 other states and Washington, D.C., filed the lawsuit Wednesday in an Oregon federal court against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary Brooke Rollins, asking the court to block the change’s implementation.

State officials allege the department issued illegal guidance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which made some immigrants, including those who were admitted as refugees or granted asylum, ineligible for the food aid — even after they obtained permanent residency.

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