Illegal Alien Students in Texas Push to Have In-State Tuition Reinstated
“plan to argue that the abrupt nature of the law throws a wrench in the plans of many young people”
You really have to marvel at the sense of entitlement here.
Campus Reform reports:
Texas illegal alien students push to have in-state tuition reinstated
On Wednesday, a group of illegal alien Texas students approached a judge requesting that they be able to legally oppose a recent ruling that eliminated their access to in-state college tuition.
The move comes a week after a 24-year old state law, known as the Texas Dream Act, was overturned. The bill had allowed illegal alien students who had lived in the state for 3 years and graduated from a Texas high school to receive discounted tuition at public universities.
The Texas Dream Act, which required all students who claimed the benefits to sign documents promising to pursue citizenship, was declared unconstitutional following a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice on June 4.
Lawyers representing the students, however, stated that this was a “contrived legal challenge designed to prevent sufficient notice and robust consideration,” The Texas Tribune reports.
The Justice Department and the Texas attorney general’s office, however, oppose the motion given that the matter has been resolved and the case is closed.
The students, calling themselves “Students for Affordable Tuition,” are now petitioning U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor for the ability to defend their right to maintain these benefits. If unsuccessful, one Dallas lawyer noted, could bring the entire case to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the illegal alien students plan to argue that the abrupt nature of the law throws a wrench in the plans of many young people.
MALDEF President Thomas A. Saenz called the striking of the Texas Dream Act “an abuse of our judicial system” and asserted that “[t]hose affected by the attempted invalidation have the right to be heard on the legality of the Texas Dream Act.”
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dems are getting their way in texas more and more
Freshman force: The newly elected Democrat who got 15 bills passed in the Texas legislature, 11 sent to Gov. Abbott
texas dont let your babies grow up to be leftists!!!
Soros money is behind Blue Texas, and he plays to win. Winning this fight on illegal alien instate tuition is important so it doesn’t attract more natural leftists to Texas.
How did such a bill pass in the first place? Only a cuckservative would respect the illegal because he promises to pursue citizenship. Since he entered the wrong way, that’s exactly what we want to deny them!
Fine. Call them to a meeting to discuss it. Once the venue is filled, pull the buses up to the doors, put them into the buses, and take them to the airport for immediate deportation.
So their argument is that constitutionality doesn’t matter if it throws a wrench into your plans?
It’s not a new argument.
After MacDonald, or Bruen, or one of those watershed pro-gun rulings, a DC judge ruled that DC’s licensing regimen was now unconstitutional. The police chief complained that it was going to take her a couple months to come up with a replacement that passed muster. The judge officially ordered that it would be fine to continue to use the unconstitutional method until then.
That was the aftermath of Heller (lawsuit that struck down DC’s ban on handgun possession).
After MacDonald (struck down the Illinois restrictive “may issue” carry permit system), Illinois kept delaying compliance with the mandate with similar excuses. Eventually, the district court simply told state officials they had X days (I don’t recall the exact number, but it was pretty fast) to implement a “must issue” concealed carry permit system, and if they did not Illinois would effectively be a constitutional carry state after the deadline.
Mirable dictu, Illinois suddenly was able to do in a few days what they claimed would take months or even years.