{"id":318144,"date":"2026-08-10T22:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318144\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:32:15","slug":"doj-challenges-vermont-and-new-york-tuition-laws-for-undocumented-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318144\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ challenges Vermont and New York tuition laws for undocumented immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ challenges Vermont and New York tuition laws for undocumented immigrants<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynbc5.com\/news-team\/3afa302b-5e9f-4bc3-943b-9a930326c0fb\" aria-label=\"Michael Cusanelli profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3afa302b-5e9f-4bc3-943b-9a930326c0fb_1780510546.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Michael Cusanelli\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>NEW YORK \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The Department of Justice has filed lawsuits against Vermont, New York and Connecticut, claiming their in-state tuition policies for undocumented immigrants are unconstitutional and incentivize illegal immigration.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The DOJ said these laws &#8220;unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens&#8221; and create incentives for illegal immigration. Similar lawsuits are pending across many other states.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">In 2024, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed the &#8220;Education Equity for Immigrant Students&#8221; law, which ensures that all Vermont residents, regardless of immigration status, have access to in-state tuition rates and need-based financial aid at public colleges and universities.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">In New York, the Dream Act provides students who earned their high school diploma or GED in the state access to financial aid to support their higher education costs.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The lawsuits seek to overturn these policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOJ challenges Vermont and New York tuition laws for undocumented immigrants NEW YORK \u2014 The Department of Justice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10498,26083,9873,120016,120017,3100,9,11,10,120018,14000],"class_list":["post-318144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-charge","tag-doj","tag-immigrants","tag-in-state-tuition","tag-instate-tuition","tag-lawsuit","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sued","tag-tuition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}