(Salem, OR) -- Oregon is suing the Trump administration to stop a new rule that unlawfully limits access to federal student loans for professional degree programs. Oregon joined a coalition of nearly two-dozen states and Washington D.C. in filing the lawsuit yesterday. The suit argues the U.S. Department of Education unlawfully narrowed student loan eligibility in ways Congress did not intend or authorize. The new rule disqualifies many professional degree programs from student loan approval, including several healthcare programs. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield says the state is already short on nurses, therapists and other health workers, and the decision by the Trump Administration will make the problem worse.