{"id":2645506,"date":"2026-08-15T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-sues-states-for-offering-illegal-immigrants-in-state-tuition\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T18:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:19:10","slug":"doj-sues-states-for-offering-illegal-immigrants-in-state-tuition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-sues-states-for-offering-illegal-immigrants-in-state-tuition\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Sues States for Offering Illegal Immigrants In-State Tuition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-sues-states-for-offering-illegal-immigrants-in-state-tuition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2645506&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/islamic-blasphemy-code-upheld-in-uk-man-convicted-of-burning-quran\/\" title=\"Islamic \u2018Blasphemy Code\u2019 Upheld in UK, Man Convicted of Burning Quran\">article discusses recent legal actions<\/a> by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against several states-specifically New York, Connecticut, and Vermont-for enacting laws that allow illegal immigrants, who establish residency, to qualify for in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-sues-virginia-over-tuition-for-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"... sues Virginia over tuition for ...\">-state college tuition rates<\/a>. The DOJ has filed lawsuits challenging these policies,arguing that they violate federal law,notably 8 U.S.C. \u00a7 1623(a),which prohibits providing postsecondary benefits to undocumented immigrants unless U.S. citizens have equivalent access. The DOJ contends that such laws discriminate against citizens, incentivize illegal immigration, and conflict with federal immigration restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of in-state tuition policies argue that they are rooted in principles of justice, equality, and regional sovereignty, seeking to treat all residents equally and to support local economic and educational interests. Critics, including the DOJ, claim that these laws undermine federal statutes, create unfair advantages for illegal immigrants, and erode the distinction between state sovereignty and federal immigration law.<\/p>\n<p>The debate touches on ideological divides: proponents see in-state tuition as a matter of fairness and state benefit, while opponents view it as a form of illegal subsidy and a challenge to constitutional authority. The underlying philosophies involve contrasting views on justice-some rooted in federal law and others influenced by broader ideological perspectives such as critical theory and Marxist ideas of equality without borders. Ultimately, the DOJ&#8217;s actions intend to uphold federal laws that restrict benefits to undocumented individuals, whereas supporters emphasize regional autonomy, the importance of supporting their residents, and maintaining the distinct sovereignty of U.S.states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday filed lawsuits against laws in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1457356\/dl\">New York<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1457136\/dl\">Connecticut<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1457126\/dl\">Vermont<\/a> that require colleges and universities to provide illegal immigrants who establish residency there with in-state tuition. The DOJ has sued 17 states in total, and it has already won permanent injunctions against similar policies in Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Illinois, according to a DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/department-justice-files-complaints-against-new-york-connecticut-and-vermont-challenging\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a simple matter of federal law: colleges cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens,\u201d insisted Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate. \u201cThis Department of Justice will not tolerate American students being treated like second-class citizens in their own country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each lawsuit cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/USCODE-2024-title8\/pdf\/USCODE-2024-title8-chap14-subchapII-sec1623.pdf\">8 U.S.C. \u00a7 1623(a)<\/a>, which states that, \u201cnotwithstanding any other provision of law, <em>an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State<\/em> (or a political subdivision) for any postsecondary education benefit <em>unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit<\/em> (in no less an amount, duration, and scope) <em>without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/department-justice-files-complaints-against-new-york-connecticut-and-vermont-challenging\">argued<\/a> that the laws \u201cunconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens who are not afforded the same reduced tuition rates or scholarships, create incentives for illegal immigration, and reward illegal aliens with benefits that U.S. citizens are not eligible for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The controversy hinges on basic notions of justice. States that provide in-state tuition to illegal immigrants believe that doing so is a basic function of justice. They seek to treat all persons within their jurisdiction as equal by providing them with equal benefits. They not only reject any distinction based upon national origin but extend the principle of absolute equality to the point of rejecting federal immigration law. Since these laws, in their judgment, are unjust, then neither states nor immigrants are bound to follow them.<\/p>\n<p>This liberal conclusion is reinforced by a far more radical, Marxist strain of thinking. Americans live in a wealthy country with high literacy and stable institutions, which provides the conditions necessary for many excellent institutions of higher learning to flourish. Many foreigners long to attend America\u2019s high-quality universities, and many do so.<\/p>\n<p>Marxism overlays these facts with the matrix of critical theory, which divides all people up by their group identities as advantaged or disadvantaged, oppressor or oppressed. It further contends that justice involves taking advantages away from those who have them and giving them to others to create an equal playing field. Ever since the initial call for the \u201cworkers of the world\u201d to unite, Marxist thought denies that national boundaries should act as boundaries to the playing field. It denies that citizens should have any inherent advantage over non-citizens, or even those who broke the law to get here. This ideological foundation provides the background context for why some states provide in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is, this policy actually results in a miscarriage of justice, as the DOJ has pointed out. If progressive states really wanted to level the playing field, they would get rid of in-state tuition altogether. But, of course, it would then be financially impossible for states to sustain the low prices of in-state tuition. These states have attempted to subsidize illegal immigration to their states, at the expense of their own taxpaying citizenry, and to the disadvantage of legal immigrants and U.S. citizens in other states.<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple good reasons for in-state tuition. It provides an affordable option for residents in a state to obtain a college degree without shouldering massive debt. It gives residents in a state a reason to \u201cstay local\u201d for college, thus preventing \u201cbrain drain\u201d and keeping the state competitive with other states. Furthermore, it gives benefits back to the residents of a state, who support publicly-funded universities through their tax dollars.<\/p>\n<p>None of these reasons for in-state tuition has anything to do with Marxist notions of universal equality without borders. In fact, the very system of in-state tuition reinforces U.S. states as distinct entities with their own sovereign governments and unique characters.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that even the most progressive activists cannot twist a mechanism of decentralization into a mechanism of globalization without committing a gross miscarriage of justice. The situation\u2019s irony only grows heavier in that the federal government has now stepped in to force states to keep pro-local policies true to their intended purpose. America remains a complex, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >multi-layered political entity<\/a> with plenty of regional diversity, and illegal subsidies for illegal immigrants should not undermine that fact.<\/p>\n<div><em>Joshua Arnold is a senior writer at The Washington Stand.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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