Faten, a former Florida Atlantic University student who was 10 credits from graduating, had to stop her studies after Florida ended in-state tuition for undocumented students because her family could not afford higher rates. Oklahoma's Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit aiming to overturn an Oklahoma law granting in-state tuition to undocumented residents. The legal challenge builds on a January executive order titled Protecting the American People Against Invasion and an April order warning higher education institutions that offering in-state tuition to undocumented students could violate federal code and incur punishments. Twenty-three states plus D.C. currently provide in-state tuition to undocumented residents, with several others offering limited or DACA-only benefits; eighteen states provide state financial aid.
This month, Oklahoma's Attorney General joined with the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit seeking to overturn an Oklahoma state law giving in-state higher education tuition rates to undocumented residents. The lawsuit piggybacks off a January executive order titled Protecting the American People Against Invasion, part of which required the Attorney General and the Department of Homeland Security to review contracts with organizations that continued to provide services to undocumented immigrants.
It also piggybacks off an executive order from April that notified higher education institutions they would be in violation of the federal code and face punishments if they offered in-state tuition rates to undocumented students. Currently, 23 states plus D.C. provide in-state tuition to undocumented residents no matter their immigration status or the college they attend. Several other states provide in-state tuition only to some institutions and/or to Dreamers - young adults who were brought to the U.S.
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