Justice Department sues Texas over in-state tuition for students without legal residency
- On Wednesday, the Justice Department initiated legal action against Texas over its policy that grants in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrants living in the state.
- The lawsuit alleges the Texas law, effective for two decades, discriminates against out-of-state students and violates the Constitution by offering preferential tuition rates.
- Texas lawmakers have recently pushed a bill to remove undocumented students' eligibility for in-state tuition, requiring them to pay the full out-of-state rate.
- On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi said that federal regulations prohibit educational institutions from offering advantages to undocumented individuals that are not also extended to American citizens.
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Texas lawmakers speak out against state rescinding in-state tuition for 'Dreamers'
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- A couple of South Texas lawmakers on Thursday were speaking out against the state of Texas for ending in-state tuition for non-citizen students. Border Report Live: Cartels hijacking cargo trains in US In a call with reporters, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, said he opposes Gov. Greg Abbott's administration ending in-state tuition for "Dreamers," which began when he was Texas secretary of state in 2001 …
DOJ Sues Texas to Enforce Law Prohibiting States from Offering Illegal Aliens In-State Tuition—And Wins
On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department finally did what every prior administration (including Trump 1.0) for the past three decades refused to do—enforced the federal immigration law that bans states from providing in-state tuition to illegal aliens unless they provide the same benefit to citizen-students from any state. That same day, Texas cried uncle, agreed with the government, settled the case, and entered into a con…
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