The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is challenging a Virginia law that allows in-state college tuition rates for students regardless of their immigration status, the latest in a series of federal lawsuits targeting similar college access policies.
At the center of the Dec. 29 lawsuit is a provision in Virginia’s education code that grants in-state tuition to any student who attended a Virginia high school for at least two years and completed graduation requirements, or whose parents paid state taxes for at least two years. The law does not disqualify people who lack legal immigration status.
In its complaint, the DOJ argues that the provision violates federal law by extending a preferential rate to individuals illegally living in Virginia while denying the same benefit to U.S. citizens living outside the state….
DOJ Sues Virginia Over In-State College Tuition for Illegal Immigrants
