DOJ Targets Blue State for Giving Illegals Financial Assistance While Neglecting U.S. Citizens The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit challenging New Jersey’s laws that allow illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition rates at public colleges, arguing that this discriminates against U.S. citizens from other states. Federal prosecutors contend that these policies violate federal law by providing benefits to illegal aliens that are denied to U.S. citizens. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate these state laws, citing an executive order from President Trump that aims to prevent such preferential treatment.

• The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey over its in-state tuition policies for illegal immigrants.
• The lawsuit argues that these policies discriminate against U.S. citizens by offering benefits to illegal aliens that are denied to out-of-state Americans.
• Federal law prohibits providing resident tuition benefits to illegal aliens if U.S. citizens are denied them.
• Similar lawsuits have been filed against other states, with some resulting in the end of such policies.
• The action is based on an executive order by President Trump aimed at enforcing federal laws that prohibit discrimination against Americans in favor of illegal aliens.