Rolling back in-state tuition for illegal immigrants continues to be a Republican focus

Almost half of the states in the country allow some illegal immigrants to benefit from in-state tuition in some form or another, with Texas being the first to do so but the most recent to undo its policy.Twenty-three states – plus the District of Columbia – offer undocumented students the ability to pay the same rate as residents, whether through waivers or established law.In 2001, Texas passed a law allowing such, but recently reached a legal agreement with the Trump Justice Department to end it – with a George W. Bush-appointed judge siding against the 25-year policy."Ending this discriminat