Oregon is suing the Trump administration over changes to the nation’s food assistance program , arguing that new federal guidance unlawfully blocks certain groups of legal immigrants from accessing food aid.

Twenty-one other states joined Oregon in filing the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Eugene, arguing that the U.S. Department of Agriculture overstepped its authority when it issued an Oct. 31 memo telling states to cut off benefits for people who have long been eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , or SNAP.

The dispute centers on changes Congress made in July through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act , which limited SNAP eligibility for certain noncitizens in temporary immigration categories.

In the lawsuit, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and th

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