(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice sued Texas on Wednesday over a decades-old law that gives non-citizens in-state tuition.

The Department of Justice filed a complaint in the Northern District of Texas against the state of Texas and Texas officials seeking to stop officials from enforcing the Texas laws.

In the complaint, the DOJ seeks to stop enforcement of Texas laws that require colleges and universities to provide in-state tuition rates for all non-citizens who live in Texas.

"Under federal law, schools cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens," Attorney General Pam Bondi said. "The Justice Department will relentlessly fight to vindicate federal law and ensure that U.S. citizens are not treated like second-class citizens a

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