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Illegal immigrants will no longer get in-state tuition in Kentucky after federal ruling
FoxNews ^ | 4/2/26 | Charles Creitz

Posted on 04/02/2026 12:20:56 PM PDT by CFW

Illegal immigrants will no longer receive in-state tuition at Kentucky’s public colleges after a federal judge ruled the policy violated U.S. law and permanently blocked its enforcement.

The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, hands a win to the Trump administration and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman after they challenged the policy as giving benefits to those in the country illegally that federal law does not allow.

The decision forces Kentucky’s higher education system to end the discounted rates after a months-long legal fight.

The lawsuit argued the policy violated federal law, which states that, "an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a state for any post-secondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit … without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: college; illegals; kentucky; tuition
We need more of this.
1 posted on 04/02/2026 12:20:56 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Good grief! I still can’t get over this nonsense was happening at all.


2 posted on 04/02/2026 1:23:06 PM PDT by albie
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To: CFW

Remove their tax-exempt status. These scumbags are disgusting.


3 posted on 04/02/2026 1:26:53 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: CFW

I am shocked Kentucky allowed this.


4 posted on 04/02/2026 1:35:56 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: CFW

YES!!!!!!

MORE ICE PLEASE!!!!!!


5 posted on 04/02/2026 2:30:19 PM PDT by BFW
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To: albie

Guess I never realized that illegals were EVER getting in-state tuition. That’s insane on it’s face as they shouldn’t even be there to begin with.


6 posted on 04/02/2026 3:09:16 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: albie

Colleges and universities will wait for federal judges to block it.

Up to then they will issue free four year degrees to all of them as a form of reparation.

Hope both of those are grim jokes.


7 posted on 04/02/2026 3:11:32 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Yes, this is good news. Many more should follow suit. The real question is why is the nation educating criminals? Deport their sorry behinds.


8 posted on 04/02/2026 4:46:11 PM PDT by gildafarrell (To Strive, To Seek, To Find and Not To Yield!)
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