司法部起诉宾夕法尼亚州立大学：指其州内学费政策优待非法移民、同类诉讼已达27起
华盛顿——美国司法部（DOJ）11月5日宣布，已对宾夕法尼亚州立大学（Pennsylvania State University）提起诉讼，指控该校向居住在宾夕法尼亚州的非法移民提供州内学费、却不向美国公民提供同等低学费的政策违反联邦法律，对美国公民构成违宪歧视；这是司法部就州内学费待遇问题提起的第27起诉讼。
诉状请求法院禁止宾夕法尼亚州立大学执行这一政策，即向无证学生（包括居住在宾夕法尼亚州的非法移民）提供州内学费费率，不论这些学生是否合法居留在美国；同时禁止该校出台任何优待无证学生、让美国公民处于不利地位的新学费政策。
副司法部长 Stanley E. Woodward, Jr. 表示，司法部此举是继续确保没有任何州法律或大学政策给非法移民优于本国公民的待遇。他说：「国会早就明确，州不得通过其公立大学，给非法移民提供并非所有美国人都能享有的低学费。」
司法部民事司助理部长 Brett A. Shumate 表示，国会作出过明确的政策选择：州及其公共机构不得向非法移民提供学费福利，除非同样的福利也向所有美国公民开放。他说：「这所大学无视了这一要求。司法部将继续挑战让美国公民吃亏的违法政策。」
司法部表示，加上本案，其挑战州内学费优待政策的诉讼总数达到27起。在司法部长 Todd Blanche 领导下，得克萨斯州、肯塔基州、俄克拉荷马州、内布拉斯加州、伊利诺伊州与堪萨斯州的六起同类诉讼已获得有利裁定，法院永久禁止并宣布类似法律违宪，其中包括联邦第五巡回上诉法院作出的一道命令。
（来源：美国司法部）
Justice Department Sues Pennsylvania State University Over In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens in Its 27th Such Lawsuit
Washington — The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 5 that it has filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State University, challenging the university's policy of granting in-state tuition to illegal aliens who reside in Pennsylvania while denying the same reduced tuition to U.S. citizens. The department said the policy unconstitutionally discriminates against U.S. citizens and conflicts with federal law. It is the department's 27th lawsuit challenging in-state tuition for illegal aliens.
In the complaint, the United States seeks to enjoin the Pennsylvania State University from enforcing its policy that provides undocumented students, including illegal aliens who reside in Pennsylvania, with in-state tuition rates, regardless of whether those students are lawfully present in the United States. The complaint also seeks to bar the university from enacting any new tuition policies that favor undocumented students over U.S. citizens.
"The Department of Justice today continues its efforts to ensure that no state law or university policy gives preferential treatment to illegal aliens over our Nation's own citizens," said Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward, Jr. "Congress long ago made clear that states, through their public universities, cannot give reduced tuition to illegal aliens not available to all Americans."
"Congress made a deliberate policy choice that states and their public institutions may not grant tuition benefits to illegal aliens unless those same benefits are made to all U.S. citizens," said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department's Civil Division. "This university has ignored that mandate. The Department will continue to challenge policies that unlawfully disadvantage American citizens."
The department said today's lawsuit brings its total to 27 lawsuits challenging in-state tuition for illegal aliens. Under Attorney General Todd Blanche, six similar lawsuits in Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois and Kansas have resulted in favorable orders permanently enjoining and declaring unconstitutional similar laws that gave reduced tuition to illegal aliens, including an order from the Fifth Circuit.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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