Supreme Court: State can offer illegal immigrants reduced tuition

author Published by Chris Chmielenski

The Supreme Court has upheld a California law giving illegal
immigrants living there reduced in-state tuition rates at public
universities, the same rates legal state residents enjoy.

The
justices without comment Monday refused to accept an appeal from
out-of-state students attending California schools, who said it was
unfair that as U.S. citizens, they had to pay as much as $20,000 more
than illegal immigrants. They claimed such “preferential treatment”
violated federal law.

The court decision is a victory for
immigrant rights groups. California is one of a dozen states that make
undocumented aliens conditionally eligible for in-state tuition,
according to the legal brief filed by the suing students. Those various
laws will remain intact for now.

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