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The Department of Justice is suing Minnesota over its 2013 Dream Act, which allows illegal aliens to receive in-state tuition and state financial aid.
Listed officially in the lawsuit against Minnesota are Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
“No state can be allowed to treat Americans like second-class citizens in their own country by offering financial benefits to illegal aliens,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a press release. “The Department of Justice just won on this exact issue in Texas, and we look forward to taking this fight to Minnesota in order to protect the rights of American citizens first.”
The DOJ argues Minnesota’s law violates federal rules when it comes to education benefits for illegal aliens not offered to U.S. citizens. The department says offering in-state or free tuition to noncitizen students “blatantly conflicts” with federal law and is unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause.
Texas ended its in-state tuition for illegal aliens just hours after the DOJ had filed a lawsuit. Attorney General Ken Paxton called it a “major victory,” and a judge later issued a permanent injunction against the law.
