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Texas Dream Act Ruled Invalid | Texas News
Texas’s landmark Dream Act, which granted in-state tuition to undocumented students who graduated from Texas high schools, has been struck down by a federal appeals court — a major blow to thousands of students who relied on the policy to afford college. The Fifth Circuit ruled that federal law prohibits states from offering residency-based tuition breaks to undocumented students unless it’s available to all U.S. citizens. Advocacy groups and institutions like Austin Community College fought to keep the law alive, but the court sided with federal statutes. Governor Greg Abbott hailed the…
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