The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Oklahoma concerning a law that permits undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates. The lawsuit marks Oklahoma as the fourth state facing legal action for having such policies. Oklahoma's attorney general, Gentner Drummond, supported the federal government's position, deeming the law discriminatory against out-of-state Americans. He highlighted that Oklahoma taxpayers funded colleges while providing unlawful benefits to undocumented immigrants. This legal challenge follows an executive order by President Trump targeting laws favoring noncitizens and highlights a nationwide trend of lawsuits against similar state laws.
The U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Oklahoma over a state law allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates, marking Oklahoma as the fourth state targeted for such a policy.
Oklahoma's Republican attorney general, Gentner Drummond, expressed that it's discriminatory to offer noncitizens lower in-state tuition rates that are not available to out-of-state Americans.
Drummond stated, 'Today marks the end of a longstanding exploitation of Oklahoma taxpayers, who for many years have subsidized colleges and universities as they provide unlawful benefits to illegal immigrants in the form of in-state tuition.'
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