Democratic attorneys general from New York, Minnesota, Colorado, California and Illinois say the Trump administration violated the Constitution when it froze state welfare funds, a move they say was vindictive and unjustified.
The five states filed a lawsuit on Thursday asking the courts to reverse a $10 billion funding freeze announced earlier this week.
“This unlawful funding freeze is about one thing: punishing Democratic states that oppose the president,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a joint press conference with the other attorneys general on Friday.