By Nate Raymond

(Reuters) -A group of Democratic-led states sued on Wednesday to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting off food aid benefits for tens of thousands of legal immigrants by declaring certain groups of non-citizens ineligible for the anti-hunger program.

Attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in federal court in Eugene, Oregon challenging recent guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that interpreted a provision in Trump’s signature tax and domestic policy law as deeming permanent residents who were granted asylum or admitted as refugees as ineligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, known as SNAP or food stamps.

“USDA has no authority to arbitrarily cut entire groups of people

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