The U.S. Department ‌of Justice has filed a lawsuit challenging a Virginia law that makes immigrants in the country illegally eligible for reduced in-state tuition and financial aid at the state’s public colleges and universities. Monday’s lawsuit marked the latest in a campaign by President ‍Donald Trump’s administration to challenge state laws that extend tuition and financial aid benefits to non-citizens living in their states regardless of their immigration status.

Dec 30 - The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit challenging a Virginia law that makes immigrants in the country illegally eligible for reduced in-state tuition and financial aid at the state's public colleges and universities. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dec 30 - The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit challenging a Virginia law that makes immigrants in the country illegally eligible for reduced in-state tuition and financial aid at the state's public colleges and universities. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

While the lawsuit rhetorically seeks to strike blows for U.S. citizens, the law itself cannot do that under the precedent cited by the DOJ itself.

The department said the state’s policy of granting unauthorized immigrants in-state financial aid at public colleges and universities violates federal law.

The department said the state’s policy of granting unauthorized immigrants in-state financial aid at public colleges and universities violates federal law.