A Texas program that allowed illegal immigrants to pay the same rate as state residents when attending public colleges has been discontinued after the federal government intervened.
The law took effect in 2001, according to the Associated Press, at a time when various policy efforts were being directed at so-called “Dreamers,” who were children when their illegal immigrant parents entered the United States.
Republican Rick Perry was the governor of Texas at the time.
On Wednesday, the federal government sued Texas to end the law.
Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton said the state would not fight against the federal lawsuit, paving the way for the case to be decided in the federal government’s favor.
In-state tuition for illegal immigrants in Texas has ended.
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