ST. PAUL — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday, Nov. 26, announced another lawsuit against the Trump administration over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, this time on behalf of immigrant groups he claims are being illegally barred from benefits.

The lawsuit, filed alongside 21 Democratic attorneys general, accuses the administration of violating federal law after the USDA issued guidance in late October permanently barring eligibility for certain immigrant groups, including asylum seekers and refugees.

“We rightly accept refugees fleeing war, famine and persecution, people seeking a better, safer life for themselves and their families, and then Donald Trump steps in to take food off their tables once they’re here,” Ellison said in a virtual press conferenc

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