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3. DOJ sues California over ‘anti-law enforcement’ legislation, in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
In a statement published Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it was challenging California laws that allow illegal immigrants residing in the state to obtain in-state tuition at colleges and universities, scholarships and subsidized student loans.
“California is illegally discriminating against American students and families by offering exclusive tuition benefits for non-citizens,” said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, alleges that California laws establishing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, as well as legislation permitting them to obtain scholarships and subsidized student loans, conflict with federal law and therefore violate the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
In a separate statement Monday, the DOJ announced that it had filed a lawsuit against California over the state’s passage of the No Secret Police Act and the No Vigilantes Act. Bondi asserted that “California’s anti-law enforcement policies discriminate against the federal government and are designed to create risk for our agents,” adding, “These laws cannot stand.”
As explained in the complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the No Secret Police Act “criminalizes federal law enforcement officers’ wearing masks in the performance of their duties in California,” while the No Vigilantes Act mandates that “non-uniformed federal law enforcement officers in California visibly display identification that includes their agency and either a name or badge number, or both, when performing their enforcement duties.”
The lawsuit maintains that the laws violate the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution by engaging in unlawful regulation and unlawful discrimination against the federal government.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
