For more than a year, the U.S. Justice Department has steadily worked its way through the list of states that allow eligible noncitizens to pay in-state college tuition. The agency sued first Texas and then Kentucky, arguing that the policies violated federal statute.
Now, DOJ has sued 24 states and Washington, D.C., in what advocates call a coordinated assault on the rights of undocumented students. The last batch of lawsuits was filed Thursday against Arkansas, D.C., Hawaii and Utah.
The DOJ, which began filing these lawsuits last summer, argues the policies incentivize illegal immigration and disadvantage Americans from other states who don’t qualify for in-state tuition. The lawsuits have ended in-state tuition for undocumented students in Kentucky, Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and most recently Kansas. Florida, which passed a bipartisan in-state tuition bill in 2014, pre-emptively eliminated its policy in February 2025 and, last week, barred undocumented students from enrolling in any selective public university.
Why would the fed give two shits what the states want to charge for their university tuition?
Wait…
Oh,
Brown people, of course
I thought the Republicans were supposed to be all about states rights?
At this point I just assume their hypocrisy gets them off sexually. They’re such weird hateful petty perverted little shitstains
A state’s right to discriminate, yes.
They have no values, just tribalism
illegal aliens will not receive benefits denied to American citizens.
It’s not a benefit denied to American citizens; it’s a benefit denied to people who haven’t lived in the state for a certain period of time. That’s like me complaining that I can’t receive unemployment benefits from Washington state (the highest in the nation) solely because I live and work in Michigan.
Of course, I don’t expect Republicans to understand logic. Or much of anything, really …
I’m pretty sure that eligible non-citizen ≠ illegal immigrant.
We look forward to favorable court rulings and will continue to deliver on President Trump’s promise: illegal aliens will not receive benefits denied to American citizens.
Are those American citizens willing to pay higher taxes to live in a state with better schools and benefits?
I didn’t think so.
