The State of Oklahoma has agreed to end taxpayer-funded, in-state tuition for illegals after the U.S. Department of Justice challenged the state law providing the benefits.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced the agreement with the DOJ on X:
The Oklahoma law requires colleges and universities to provide in-state tuition rates to all aliens living in the state—regardless of whether they are legally present in the country or not.
But that’s discrimination against our own citizenry, and it’s illegal. “Federal law prohibits institutions of higher education from providing benefits to aliens that are not offered to U.S. citizens,” the DOJ stated in its press release announcing the lawsuit yesterday. “The Oklahoma law blatantly conflicts with federal law and is thus in conflict with the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.”
The federal government’s complaint follows two executive orders recently signed by President Trump: “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders,” to ensure that no taxpayer-funded benefits go to unqualified aliens; and “Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens,” to countermand state laws like the one in Oklahoma that offer in-state education tuition to aliens but not to out-of-State American citizens.
The DOJ lawsuit to overturn the Oklahoma law is part of the Trump Administration’s broader battle to end unlawful incentives to illegal immigration in the form of tuition benefits.
The government met with instant success in its first case, filed against Texas, where the program ended within hours. We reported the early win in Texas here.
And now Oklahoma, the fourth state to be sued, is coming in a close second in the race to shut down the blatantly unconstitutional in-state college tuition programs—they’re offered in over 20 states:
On Thursday, a Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District Court of Oklahoma formally recommended granting the joint agreement between Oklahoma and the DOJ, to be entered following a three-day waiting period for any objections to be filed.
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