US EditionJudge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over Minnesota in-state tuition for students without legal status
Judge finds Minnesota's in-state tuition policy for immigrant students lawful and non-discriminatory, part of 14 states allowing financial aid regardless of immigration status, National Immigration Law Center said.
- On Friday, United States District Judge Katherine Menendez dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit challenging Minnesota's policy granting in-state tuition to students without legal status, allowing the programs to continue.
- The Justice Department filed the complaint last June, alleging Minnesota was "flagrantly violating" federal law by providing preferential tuition benefits to immigrants without legal status while excluding certain United States citizens.
- Rejecting the department's arguments, Menendez determined eligibility depends on attending a Minnesota high school for three years rather than a student's "basis of residence" alone.
- Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison celebrated the decision on Friday, writing that the ruling defeated an effort to "misconstrue federal law" and force the state to abandon its educational investment policies.
- The Justice Department has filed similar lawsuits this month against policies in Kentucky and Texas, while last week a federal judge in Texas blocked a state law providing tuition breaks to undocumented students.
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Santa Maria Times
Independent EspañolPublic universities in Minnesota can continue offering in-state tuition and scholarships to some undocumented immigrants, a federal judge ruled Friday, dismissing a lawsuit filed last summer by the Justice Department to halt those programs.
Los Angeles, U.S.A., March 27 (EFE).- A U.S. federal judge this Friday dismissed a lawsuit by the government of President Donald Trump against the Minnesota authorities that sought to cancel reduced state tuition fees for undocumented college students in that state. In the lawsuit filed in June 2025, the Department of Justice alleged that Minnesota violated federal law by granting the tuition fee for undocumented immigrants while it did not prov…
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A judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over Minnesota in-state tuition for students without legal status
A federal judge says Minnesota public universities can keep offering in-state tuition and some scholarships to certain students without legal status.
Star Tribune
union-bulletin.comJudge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over Minnesota laws regarding in-state tuition for undocumented students
The suit is one of several brought by the Trump administration against the state
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