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Maria Villarroel

Top DOJ Official Hints That Department and Texas AG Worked Together To End Texas Dream Act in 'Six Hours'

The Department of Justice coordinated with Texas AG Ken Paxton to end a bill that allowed undocumented students to pay for in-state tuition, top official suggests. (Credit: Reuters)

The Department of Justice coordinated with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to kill the Texas Dream Act— a bill that allowed certain undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition— "in six hours," a top official said in a recent Republican gathering.

The Texas Dream Act let undocumented students who graduated from a Texas High School and met other residency requirements to pay for in-state tuition at Texas colleges and universities. The bill was an avenue for thousands of undocumented students to afford higher education.

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