Texas Dream Act Rejected Again | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 10, 2026 · 1m

A federal appeals court has shut down a last-ditch legal effort to revive Texas’ now-defunct Dream Act, which granted in-state tuition to undocumented students who lived in the state for three years before graduating high school. Despite a coalition of student groups, colleges, and advocates filing motions to intervene and challenge the previous ruling, the court—with a 2-1 vote—rejected their request, reaffirming that federal law overrides state attempts to provide tuition benefits to undocumented students without extending similar rights to out-of-state U.S. citizens. Governor Greg Abbott…