A judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over Minnesota in-state tuition for students without legal status
United States District Judge Katherine Menendez said in her decision that the federal government failed to prove that programs offering in-state tuition for immigrants without legal status discriminated against U.S. citizens.
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“No state can be allowed to treat Americans like second-class citizens in their own country by offering financial benefits to illegal aliens,” Bondi said in a statement after the lawsuit was filed last year.
Menendez said the Justice Department misinterpreted the law, passed by Democratic former President Bill Clinton, because anyone who attended a Minnesota high school for at least three years are granted the same public benefits, regardless of where they have U.S. residency or immigration status.
She also said the federal government didn’t have standing to sue the state attorney general or governor since neither have the power to change the state laws that determine tuition eligibility.
http://apnews.com/article/minnesota-public-school-tuition-immigrant-benefits-4d68ff8cfa317884a4d28e20c1e735cb?
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