DOJ sues Texas for offering in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants in alleged violation of federal law

The Department of Justice DOJ filed a complaint against Texas to block the state s two-decade-old law that provides in-state tuition to illegal immigrants The complaint was filed Wednesday in the Northern District of Texas against the State of Texas and several Texas authorities to get Texas to comply with federal requirements Under federal law higher coaching institutions are prohibited from providing benefits to illegal aliens not offered to U S citizens The DOJ s complaint aims to enjoin the enforcement of a Texas law requiring colleges and universities to provide in-state tuition rates for immigrants who maintain residency in Texas regardless of whether they are in the U S legally TRUMP ADMIN SUES COLORADO DENVER OVER 'SANCTUARY LAWS ' ALLEGED INTERFERENCE IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENTAccording to the DOJ the laws in Texas blatantly conflict with federal law putting them in conflict with the supremacy clause of the U S Constitution Under federal law schools cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U S citizens Attorney General Pam Bondi mentioned 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 lawsuit was filed in response to two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump since returning to the Oval Office in January ATTORNEY GENERAL BONDI ISSUES STARK WARNING FOR ILLINOIS AND NY GOVERNORS TO 'COMPLY' WITH FEDERAL LAWThe executive orders were signed to ensure illegal immigrants cannot receive taxpayer benefits or preferential medication One of the orders Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders ordered all agencies to ensure to the maximum extent permitted by law that no taxpayer-funded benefits go to unqualified aliens The other order Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens directs administrators to take appropriate action to stop the enforcement of State and local laws regulations policies and practices favoring aliens over any groups of American citizens that are unlawful preempted by Federal law or otherwise unenforceable including State laws that provide in-State higher teaching tuition to aliens but not to out-of-State American citizens TURLEY PREDICTS 'FEROCIOUS' COURT BATTLE BUT SAYS TRUMP ADMIN HAS 'STRONG CASE' ON ICE DEPORTATIONS IN NYFox News Digital has reached out to Gov Greg Abbott's office for comment Widely known as the Texas Dream Act the ordinance being targeted by the Trump administration was introduced in February when federal courts ruled that a child s immigration status should not prevent the child s access to primary and secondary schools But when it came to higher tuition federal immigration status could have prevented various children born outside the U S from getting a college teaching from a citizens institution because of higher rates charged to nonresidents When children born outside the U S graduated from Texas high schools those students were required by previous state law to pay a higher rate to Texas society colleges or universities as if they were from out of state or were international students The provision signed by Gov Rick Perry a Republican June removed federal immigration status as a factor in determining eligibility to pay in-state tuition at Texas population colleges and universities for students who graduate from a Texas high school and who meet the minimum residency academic and registration criteria