This is crazy. First, these folks are illegal, and states want to prioritize them over citizens; it’s unbelievable if you think about it. Illegals should be hiding, not submitting applications to receive benefits that citizens can’t get and how the progressives see this as normal is beyond me.
We have to get out of this bizarro world where nothing makes sense and where up is down and men are women. People have the right to live in a bizarro world, but they cross the line when they try to force the crazy stuff on the rest of the country. All IMO.
https://www.westernjournal.com/doj-sues-states-offering-illegal-immigrants-state-tuition/
“The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday filed lawsuits against laws in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont 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 press release.
“This is a simple matter of federal law: colleges cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens,” insisted Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate. “This Department of Justice will not tolerate American students being treated like second-class citizens in their own country.”
Each lawsuit cites 8 U.S.C. § 1623(a), which states that, “notwithstanding any other provision of law, an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State (or a political subdivision) for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit (in no less an amount, duration, and scope) without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident.”
The DOJ argued that the laws “unconstitutionally 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.”