Virginia Ending In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants Due to DOJ Lawsuit
“Virginia’s outgoing Attorney General Jason Miyares quickly agreed to a consent decree”
It’s great that the Trump DOJ has been so aggressive on this issue.
The College Fix reports:
Virginia agrees to end in-state tuition for illegal immigrants to resolve DOJ lawsuit
Virginia’s outgoing Attorney General Jason Miyares quickly agreed to a consent decree to resolve a Justice Department lawsuit filed against the state in late December challenging laws allowing students in the country illegally to qualify for in-state tuition and financial aid at public colleges and universities.
“In a joint court filing, Miyares and lawyers for the Justice Department asked a federal judge to declare the Virginia Dream Act invalid and bar state authorities from enforcing it. If approved, the joint consent decree order would make Virginia the fourth state to scrap its policies that allow eligible undocumented students to pay the lower in-state tuition rate,” Inside Higher Ed reported Jan. 2.
“The joint agreement came just one day after the Trump administration sued Virginia over its in-state tuition policies—the seventh such lawsuit.”
A Dec. 30 news release from the Justice Department announcing the lawsuit had stated: “These laws unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens who are not afforded the same reduced tuition rates, scholarships, or subsidies, create incentives for illegal immigration, and reward illegal immigrants with benefits that U.S. citizens are not eligible for, all in direct conflict with federal law.”
A Jan. 1 social media post by Miyares echoed that notion.
“It is clear that the Northam-era statute on in-state tuition eligibility is preempted by federal law,” he posted on X. “Illegal immigrants cannot be given benefits that are not available to American citizens. Rewarding non-citizens with the privilege of in-state tuition is wrong and only further incentivizes illegal immigration. I have always said I will call balls and strikes, and I am proud to play a part in ending this unlawful program.”
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Outstanding!!! It is simply criminal that an out of state CITIZEN can’t get the financial benefits that an ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADER can.
That said, today’s colleges are a detriment to all students, regardless of origin.
ONLY due to DOJ lawsuit.
This was a classically-executed sue-and-settle. Miyares is the outgoing conservative. This lets him gut a state law he’s always opposed but could do nothing about.
Talk about getting in under the wire. Jay Jones takes over on the 17th; watch him try to worm out of this. And complain about corrupt sue-and-settle scams, as if his people hadn’t pioneered them.
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