Justice Department sues UDC over in-state tuition rates for undocumented immigrants – WTOP News
The department says 25 lawsuits now challenge state and local programs that give undocumented students lower tuition or aid than out-of-state U.S. citizens.
- The Justice Department sued Arkansas, Utah, Hawaii, and the District on Thursday, challenging state policies that grant in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants, which officials claim discriminates against American citizens.
- These lawsuits represent the latest in 25 cases brought by the Trump administration seeking to end university financial assistance for students without legal status across the country.
- Federal law prohibits colleges from providing benefits to illegal aliens that are denied to American citizens, argued Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate of the Justice Department's Civil Division.
- Arkansas Attorney General Office spokesman Jeff LeMaster indicated potential compliance, stating the state agrees federal law preempts state law; officials in the other three jurisdictions did not immediately respond.
- A federal judge recently struck down a similar policy in Kansas, where the DOJ secured a victory, with more than a dozen additional cases pending across the country.
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Trump DOJ sues Utah over state law that allows in-state college tuition for some undocumented students
Utah has allowed undocumented high school graduates who have applied for legal residency to pay in-state college rates since 2002, when Utah’s Republican-dominated Legislature passed a law allowing the tuition break.
The U.S. Department of Justice sues four more states for university tuition policies for undocumented students, adding up to 25 lawsuits.The actions seek to override laws that grant benefits to undocumented immigrants, after obtaining favorable rulings in several jurisdictions.
Washington, Sept. 10 (EFE).- The U.S. Department of Justice filed new lawsuits this Thursday against Hawaii, Washington DC, Arkansas and Utah for their university tuition policies for students in an irregular situation, raising to 25 the lawsuits initiated by the President's government, Donald Trump, against this kind of benefits. [...] The U.S. entry claims four territories for university tuition to undocumented students was first published in …
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