New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the Trump administration over federal food assistance benefits again, this time arguing the federal government’s latest guidance unlawfully deprives green card holders of the aid.

James is leading the suit and is joined by 21 other states, including New Jersey. She said she wants to stop the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, from forcing states to cut off benefits from permanent residents previously granted asylum or admitted as refugees.

“The federal government’s shameful quest to take food away from children and families continues,” James said in a statement. “USDA has no authority to arbitrarily cut entire groups of people out of the SNAP program, and no one should go hungry

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