A federal judge sided with the Department of Justice on Friday against an Illinois law that allows eligible undocumented students to pay in-state tuition.
The judge, David W. Dugan, a Trump appointee, also ruled against the Retention of Illinois Students & Equity (RISE) Act, which permits state financial aid for some undocumented students, and the Illinois DREAM Act, which makes scholarships, college savings and prepaid tuition programs available to undocumented students who attended high school in the state.
“Illinois sought to incentivize illegal immigration on the taxpayer’s dime by treating illegal aliens better than U.S. citizens living in other states, in clear violation of federal law,” U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft said in a news release from the Justice Department. “This ruling enforces the statute Congress wrote and stops the State from putting illegal aliens ahead of American citizens.”
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