Austin (KXAN) – a group of legislators in Texas He called the leaders of higher education In the state to protect the arrival of uncomfortable tuition students within the country, after the state agreed to end this practice earlier this week.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state on the 2001 Texas Texas Law, which allowed these students to receive tuition fees within the country if they fulfill some qualifications. The lawsuit claimed that this law violated the federal law, and the Prosecutor of Texas Ken Pixon quickly deterred that his office would not go into the lawsuit – which led to the abolition of the law through a virtual ruling.
In a message sent on Friday, more than ten representatives of the Democratic State called on the Texas Higher Education Coordination Council to create a “temporary classification” that could allow previously qualified students under the law to register this fall “at the rate they expected reasonably.
“It is particularly harsh and short-looking to apply this change in politics retroactively weeks before the beginning of the 2025-2026 academic year. These students presented plans, payments, and adhere to their future in good faith.”
The legislators urged the board of directors to use the authority to set their rules to create this classification-for example, “the tuition residing fees of the first generation”-at least temporarily. They called on the Board of Directors to issue instructions for institutions that “preserve property rights for students during the transfer period.”
The legislators also indicated that the move will not go beyond the statute, but it will provide a “critical bridge” so that the legislative body can address the matter during the next legislative session two years ago.
Earlier this year, during the last legislative session, legislators in draft laws looked at the abolition of the dream law and heard hours of martyrdom, but he left waiting and failing.
In 2001, the dream law received support from the two parties and was signed to become a law by former Republican ruler Rick Perry.
In a lawsuit, the Ministry of Justice argues that the Federal Law of 1996, known as the Law of illegal Immigration and the responsibility of immigrants (iirira), excludes the Dreams Law. Prosecutor Bam Bondi described it as a “flagrant violation” of federal law.
“Under federal law, schools cannot provide benefits for illegal foreigners who do not provide it to American citizens,” Bondi said. “The Ministry of Justice will fight unabated to prove federal law and ensure that American citizens such as second -class citizens are not treated anywhere in the country.”
Legal experts spoke to KXAN this week about whether this step by the Trump administration and the Pactson High Agreement allowed in any way the opponents to change to challenge the decision.
Josh Blackman, assistant law professor at South Texas College, said the decision appears to be effective.
Barbara Haynes, a professor of the immigration law that helped formulate the First Texas Dreams Law, did not participate in the evaluation of Blackman as the end of the road to the law. She said that in the previous lawsuits related to the Dreams Law or the postponed procedure for the childhood arrivals program, the other parties were allowed to intervene.
According to the Texas Commissioner for Higher Education, about 19,000 students will be affected by change.
He argued by the legislators that the state will lose talents, which may affect the workforce and the economy.
He said: “This is not just a moral failure. It is a strategic and economic error that will feel it for future generations.”
Economic factors have proven to be a driving force behind the passage of the Dreams Law in 2001. 2015 report issued by Texas TribuneFormer ruler Perry said at that time, “[Texas] He had an option to make him economically: Will these people put them in a situation that allows them to rely on the government to care for themselves, or will they allow them to teach and contribute to society, and it is clear that working for their nationality?