Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that the state will end its decades-old policy granting in-state tuition to undocumented students. The move followed a lawsuit filed earlier the same day by the Trump administration’s Department of Justice, which argued the policy violates federal immigration law.
Abbott shared a federal court ruling permanently blocking the policy, calling it “discriminatory and un-American.” Attorney General Ken Paxton hailed the decision as a “major victory for Texas.”
The law, signed in 2001 by then-Gov. Rick Perry, allowed undocumented students to qualify for in-state tuition if they lived in Texas for three years, graduated from a Texas high school, and signed an affidavit promising to seek legal status. Around 19,000 students have enrolled under the policy.
Critics, including education advocates, say the repeal harms students raised in Texas who consider the state home. Immigrant rights groups are expected to challenge the ruling in court. Texas is among 24 states that had offered similar tuition benefits.
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