One day after Kentucky leaders agreed to follow federal law prohibiting in-state public college tuition rates for illegal aliens, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint against another state for noncompliance.
The lawsuit, filed in the Southern Illinois U.S. District Court, names Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, state Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and the board of trustees for the state’s university system. It cites a 1996 federal act that says illegal immigrants cannot receive lower in-state tuition rates if that same rate is not made available to all U.S. citizens.
Illinois laws, which allow in-state tuition rates for those recognized as state residents regardless of documentation or U.S. citizenship status, blatantly conflict with federal law and the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a Sept. 2 statement….
DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Illinois for Providing In-State Tuition to Illegal Immigrants
