DALLAS — A federal judge’s ruling could give out-of-state students access to cheaper tuition at Texas colleges and universities and renew efforts to curb the lower rates for undocumented students.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation, which represented the Young Conservatives of Texas, filed a lawsuit against the University of North Texas arguing against a state law that lets undocumented students pay in-state tuition while out-of-state Americans paid more — leading U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan to agree that such a move is unconstitutional.
“If a university provides an educational benefit based on residence to an alien who lacks lawful immigration status, then that university must provide the same benefit to a United States citizen regardless of the citizen’s residency,” Jordan wrote in his ruling issued last week.
