The state of Oklahoma and the U.S. Department of Justice have agreed to overturn a state law that let illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition rates.
In-state tuition rates are offered at public colleges and universities to students who are residents of the state where the school is located. People who live outside the state typically pay higher tuition rates.
The Oklahoma law gave in-state tuition rates to students who graduated from an Oklahoma high school in the state and lived with a parent or legal guardian while attending that school for a minimum of two years before graduation.
On Aug. 5, the federal government filed a legal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, initiating a lawsuit against the state. The filing came the same day the two sides submitted a “joint motion for entry of consent judgment.”…
Oklahoma Agrees to End In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants
