OAN Staff Leia Gadow
12:19 PM – Monday, August 10, 2026
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed complaints against New York, Connecticut and Vermont, challenging the states' laws that provided in-state tuition to illegal aliens.
In a press release on Monday, the DOJ revealed that lawsuits were filed against the three states as they had sought to undermine the nation by placing illegal aliens over citizens.
"Congress long ago made clear that States cannot put illegal aliens over our nation's own citizens," Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement.
"By granting illegal aliens in-state tuition, New York, Vermont, and Connecticut are doing just that. No more," Woodward added. "As of today, we have now sued every state in the Second Circuit that seeks to thwart Congress's clear prohibition by placing alien over citizen. And our efforts will not cease until President Trump's promise is fulfilled: illegal aliens will not receive benefits denied to our Nation's own citizens."
The department said these laws unconstitutionally discriminated against U.S. citizens who were not afforded the same reduced tuition rates or scholarships, and rewarded illegal aliens with benefits that U.S. citizens were not eligible for.
"This is a simple matter of federal law: colleges cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens," added Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department's Civil Division. "This Department of Justice will not tolerate American students being treated like second-class citizens in their own country."
Monday's lawsuits brings the total to 17 challenging in-state tuition for illegal aliens.
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