California is violating federal law, according to a new lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice.
The state effectively in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, which violates a federal prohibition against the practice. University of California does so, for example, by allowing for in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants who attended school for three years in the state and graduated from high school.
Federal law forbids states from offering better tuition deals to illegal immigrants who reside in the state than it does to Americans from other states.
This illegal “unequal treatment,” according to the lawsuit filed on Nov. 20.
Plaintiffs include Governor Gavin Newsom and the regents for the state university and community college systems.