By Nate Raymond

(Reuters) -A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging new U.S. restrictions barring them from using federal grant funding to provide legal services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault if they are immigrants living in the United States illegally.

The lawsuit marked the latest legal action by Democratic state attorneys general aimed at blocking Republican President Donald Trump’s Justice Department from imposing new, often immigration-related restrictions on federal grant funding their states had long relied on.

“Sexual assault and domestic violence survivors turn to our courts for safety and protection,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. “They should never be turned away because of who they are or wh

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