"The Trump administration filed a federal suit Thursday against California and its public university systems, alleging its practice of offering in-state college tuition rates to undocumented immigrants who graduate from California high schools is illegal. The suit, which named Gov. Gavin Newsom, state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, the UC Board of Regents, the Cal State University Board of Trustees and the Board of Governors for the California Community Colleges, also seeks to end some provisions in the California Dream Act, which in part allows students who lack documentation to apply for state-funded financial aid."
"Higher education and state officials were not immediately available to comment. "California is illegally discriminating against American students and families by offering exclusive tuition benefits for non-citizens," U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi said in a statement. "This marks our third lawsuit against California in one week - we will continue bringing litigation against California until the state ceases its flagrant disregard for federal law.""
The Trump administration filed a federal lawsuit seeking to end in-state tuition rates for undocumented immigrants who graduate from California high schools and to rescind portions of the California Dream Act that allow applicants without documentation to receive state financial aid. The complaint names Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta and governing boards for the University of California, California State University and California Community Colleges. The legal challenge targets Assembly Bill 540, enacted in 2001, which grants in-state tuition to eligible graduates. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi characterized the policy as illegal discrimination. California enrolls roughly 80,000 undocumented college students, with most attending community colleges and an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 at UC.
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