Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the federal government from what the coalition said is unlawfully cutting off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for thousands of lawful permanent residents, according to a statement from Raoul’s office.

Raoul and the coalition are seeking to block new guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that the coalition says wrongly treats several groups of legal immigrants as ineligible for food assistance, including permanent residents who were granted asylum or admitted as refugees.

“The SNAP program is the country’s most important anti-hunger program, providing access to food for millions of families while supporting local grocers

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