DOJ Sues University for Penalizing Americans with High Tuition, Putting ‘Illegal Aliens Over U.S. Citizens’

The Department of Justice is suing the University of Delaware for providing tuition discounts to illegal immigrants, which it argues violates federal law by giving preferential treatment to non-citizens over American citizens. This lawsuit aims to end the policy, which allows illegal immigrants to pay the lower in-state tuition rate while out-of-state U.S. citizens pay significantly more. The DOJ has filed numerous similar lawsuits nationwide to challenge such state laws and university policies.

• The Department of Justice has sued the University of Delaware over its policy of offering in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants.
• The DOJ alleges this policy constitutes preferential treatment for illegal immigrants over American citizens, violating federal law.
• Illegal immigrants at the University of Delaware pay $15,740, while out-of-state students pay $42,470.
• The lawsuit seeks to terminate the current policy and prevent the university from enacting similar future ones.
• This action is part of a broader effort by the DOJ to challenge 26 similar policies across various states and institutions.