Oklahoma will no longer offer in-state tuition benefits for illegal alien students after the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the state, alleging the policy violated federal immigration law.
The DOJ filed a complaint asserting that Oklahoma unlawfully granted in-state tuition to illegal immigrant students. In response, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, a Republican, filed a motion in support of repealing the state law. A U.S. District Court judge granted the motion, ending the policy.
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Oklahoma is the fourth state where the DOJ has taken action over such policies, following similar cases in Texas, Minnesota, and Kentucky.
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The Oklahoma lawsuit, resolved in only a few days, mirrored Texas’ speedy lawsuit, which overturned a decades-old state law and ended in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in just hours.
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Oklahoma state law previously allowed illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities if they graduated from an Oklahoma high school and had lived in the state for at least two years before graduation.
“Federal law prohibits aliens not lawfully present in the United States from getting in-state tuition benefits that are denied to out-of-state U.S. citizens,” the DOJ’s complaint reads.
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Currently, more than 20 states and Washington, D.C. continue to provide in-state tuition rates to illegal alien students.
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