The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is challenging a Virginia law that allows in-state college tuition rates for students regardless of their immigration status, marking the latest in a series of federal lawsuits targeting similar college access policies.
At the center of the Dec. 29 lawsuit is a provision in Virginia’s education code that grants in-state tuition to any student who attended a Virginia high school for at least two years and completed graduation requirements, or whose parents paid state taxes for at least two years. The law does not disqualify people who lack legal immigration status.
