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Justice Department sues University of Delaware over in-state tuition for illegal immigrants

Published 5:00 PM CT, Monday, October 5, 2026 · Updated 5:12 PM CT
In the 5 PM CT update

The Trump administration is suing the University of Delaware over a policy that lets certain illegal immigrants pay the in-state rate while U.S. citizens from other states pay thousands more, Fox News reported. The Justice Department says the school charges Delaware residents about $15,740 a year versus about $42,470 for nonresidents, a $26,730 gap, and argues the policy violates federal law, 8 U.S.C. §1623(a), which bars residency-based college benefits for people not lawfully present unless citizens can get them too. Fox said Delaware is the latest target in the administration’s nationwide push against immigration-related tuition benefits.

• University of Delaware
• In-state tuition
• Illegal immigration
• Justice Department
• Federal law
• Higher education
• Delaware
• Immigration enforcement
• U.S. citizens
• United States