DOJ sues to stop Massachusetts and Rhode Island from discounted tuition
The Justice Department is taking two more states to court, claiming that cheaper college rates for undocumented students are basically unfair to out-of-state citizens.
It seems the DOJ is on a bit of a winning streak lately. They’ve set their sights on Massachusetts and Rhode Island, arguing that their policies allowing undocumented students to pay the same tuition as locals are effectively illegal.
The argument is simple but sharp: these states are offering perks to non-citizens that they don't offer to regular citizens from other parts of the country. By ignoring a 1996 federal law, these states have turned college affordability into a massive legal tug-of-war. The Trump administration is essentially playing whack-a-mole with any state that tries to make higher ed easier to access for residents who lack legal status.
The irony of states fighting for local autonomy only to get crushed by federal mandates is apparently just part of the new normal.
Source: Department of Justice
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