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DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Illinois for Providing In-State Tuition to Illegal Immigrants

U.S. Attorney Steven Weinhoeft cited what he said was Illinois’s ‘apparent desire to win a “race to the bottom” as the country’s leading sanctuary state.’
DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Illinois for Providing In-State Tuition to Illegal Immigrants
Students of the University of Illinois carry a weather station known as a StickNet, which collects temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind data, during a NOAA education day to learn about tornadoes, in Memphis on Feb. 8, 2023. Seth Herald/AFP via Getty Images
Aaron Gifford
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One day after Kentucky leaders agreed to follow federal law prohibiting in-state public college tuition rates for illegal aliens, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint against another state for noncompliance.

The lawsuit, filed in the Southern Illinois U.S. District Court, names Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, state Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and the board of trustees for the state’s university system. It cites a 1996 federal act that says illegal immigrants cannot receive lower in-state tuition rates if that same rate is not made available to all U.S. citizens.

Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.