US_ DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Illinois for Providing In-State Tuition to Illegal Immigrants

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DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Illinois for Providing In-State Tuition to Illegal Immigrants 

U.S. Attorney Steven Weinhoeft cited what he said was Illinois’s ‘apparent desire to win a “race to the bottom” as the country’s leading sanctuary state.’

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Aaron Gifford 
9/2/2025|Updated: 9/2/2025 


One day after Kentucky leaders agreed to follow federal law prohibiting in-state public college tuition rates for illegal aliens, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint against another state for noncompliance. 

The lawsuit, filed in the Southern Illinois U.S. District Court, names Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, state Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and the board of trustees for the state’s university system. It cites a 1996 federal act that says illegal immigrants cannot receive lower in-state tuition rates if that same rate is not made available to all U.S. citizens. 

Illinois laws, which allow in-state tuition rates for those recognized as state residents regardless of documentation or U.S. citizenship status, blatantly conflict with federal law and the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a Sept. 2 statement. 

“This Department of Justice has already filed multiple lawsuits to prevent U.S. students from being treated like second-class citizens,” she said. “Illinois now joins the list of states where we are relentlessly fighting to vindicate federal law.” 

U.S. Attorney Steven Weinhoeft said the Prairie State’s tuition policy only incentivizes more illegal immigration, “all on the taxpayer’s dime.” 

“Illinois has an apparent desire to win a ‘race to the bottom’ as the country’s leading sanctuary state. Its misguided approach mandating in-state tuition, scholarships, and financial aid to illegal aliens plainly violates federal law,” he said in the Sept. 2 statement. 

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