You don't think of a state like Texas being on the right side of anything, but they were on the right side of something, yet the Justice Dept. has gotten them to drop in-state tuition for those non citizens living and working there, meaning the Dumbing Down of America will continue to accelerate under the administration.
HOUSTON — Tens of thousands of undocumented students at public universities and community colleges in Texas are facing uncertainty and astronomically higher bills this fall after the Trump administration and state officials struck a deal to deny them in-state tuition.
The Justice Department is similarly seeking to end tuition breaks in several other states for students who are residents there but do not have legal status.
Texas had long extended the discounted rates to undocumented students living within its borders. The state’s first-in-the-country measure, passed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support, endured even as its leadership turned deeply red.
“If you say that we should not educate children who come into our state for no other reason than that they’ve been brought there through no fault of their own, I don’t think you have a heart,” Republican governor Rick Perry declared while running for president, a decade after signing the Texas Dream Act into law.
Then came a Justice Department lawsuit this summer, with attorneys arguing that federal law preempts in-state tuition for undocumented students as long as any U.S. citizen is required to pay out-of-state rates. The case was settled within six hours and before any affected students had a chance to weigh in. Critics accused the two sides of being in legal cahoots.
“Under federal law, schools cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in announcing the complaint. “The Justice Department will relentlessly fight to vindicate federal law and ensure that U.S. citizens are not treated like second-class citizens anywhere in the country.”
The administration later filed separate lawsuits on the same issue against Kentucky, Minnesota and Oklahoma. Currently, 23 states and the District of Columbia have laws or policies that grant in-state tuition to undocumented students.
WaPo
HOUSTON — Tens of thousands of undocumented students at public universities and community colleges in Texas are facing uncertainty and astronomically higher bills this fall after the Trump administration and state officials struck a deal to deny them in-state tuition.
The Justice Department is similarly seeking to end tuition breaks in several other states for students who are residents there but do not have legal status.
Texas had long extended the discounted rates to undocumented students living within its borders. The state’s first-in-the-country measure, passed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support, endured even as its leadership turned deeply red.
“If you say that we should not educate children who come into our state for no other reason than that they’ve been brought there through no fault of their own, I don’t think you have a heart,” Republican governor Rick Perry declared while running for president, a decade after signing the Texas Dream Act into law.
Then came a Justice Department lawsuit this summer, with attorneys arguing that federal law preempts in-state tuition for undocumented students as long as any U.S. citizen is required to pay out-of-state rates. The case was settled within six hours and before any affected students had a chance to weigh in. Critics accused the two sides of being in legal cahoots.
“Under federal law, schools cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in announcing the complaint. “The Justice Department will relentlessly fight to vindicate federal law and ensure that U.S. citizens are not treated like second-class citizens anywhere in the country.”
The administration later filed separate lawsuits on the same issue against Kentucky, Minnesota and Oklahoma. Currently, 23 states and the District of Columbia have laws or policies that grant in-state tuition to undocumented students.
WaPo
