That Thing Democrats Say Never Happens Just Happened Again In California

The lawsuits seek to stop states from enforcing in-state tuition laws for illegal aliens, and the DOJ has confirmed the effort will continue until “President Trump’s promise is fulfilled: illegal aliens will not receive benefits denied to American citizens.”

The political math driving this policy is straightforward. America has a finite number of seats at public universities. When illegal aliens fill those seats at subsidized rates, American students — including Americans from lower-income families whose families paid taxes to fund those institutions — compete on unequal terms.

The university that collects tuition from an illegal alien at the in-state rate is collecting less than it would collect from an out-of-state American student, meaning it has less money for American scholarships, American facilities, and American academic programs.

This is not an abstraction. Arizona State alone handed out $10.5 million to illegal aliens. That is $10.5 million that could have funded scholarships for Arizona residents who actually belong there.

The DOJ filed four new lawsuits Friday. The total is now 21 states. Woodward confirmed the effort won’t stop until the law is enforced in all 50. This is leadership, and it took President Trump to get it done. Every taxpayer, regardless of political affiliation, should thank him.