The Trump administration scored a major immigration win against Chicago Governor JB Pritzker on Friday, as a federal judge took a torch to state laws providing in-state tuition, financial aid and scholarships to illegals.
District Judge Stephen McGlynn, a Trump appointee, sided with the Department of Justice (DoJ) in ruling that Illinois’ in-state tuition policies, the RISE Act and DREAM Act are “unconstitutional and invalid” to the extent they apply to illegal immigrants.
The state of Illinois was given 14 days to appeal the ruling.
“Illinois sought to incentivize illegal immigration on the taxpayer’s dime by treating illegal aliens better than US citizens living in other states, in clear violation of federal law,” US Attorney Steven Weinhoeft said in a statement.
“This ruling enforces the statute Congress wrote and stops the State from putting illegal aliens ahead of American citizens.”
The DoJ filed the lawsuit against the state of Illinois in September of last year, arguing the state violated federal law by offering benefits to illegals that were not available to American citizens.
Similar cases have already been won against Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Nebraska.
There are lawsuits pending against Minnesota, Virginia, California, New Jersey, Kansas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland and Colorado.
The lawsuit against Colorado was filed this week. The DoJ argues the state’s ASSET Act and other policies discriminate against US citizens.
“For three decades, Congress has made clear that Colorado cannot give education benefits to illegal aliens that it does not give to all American citizens,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said.
“By granting illegal aliens in-state tuition, Colorado is not only violating federal law but subsidizing education for illegal aliens at taxpayers’ expense.
“Our litigation efforts will not cease until we have fulfilled President Trump’s promise that illegal aliens will not obtain preferential treatment over our nation’s own citizens.”
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Accomplishments in the Trump administration have become rare.
Illinois will have to declare an emergency if Pritzker eats the bad lettuce and gets explosive diarrhea.
He’s so full of sh1t.
Plenty of lettuce in his pockets. He should live for a good long while.
He’s overdue for an ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Illinois will have to declare an emergency if Pritzker eats the bad lettuce and gets explosive diarrhea.
He’s so full of sh1t.