Lawsuit to Stop Government Tuition Benefits for Illegal Aliens

JW Files Lawsuit to Stop Government Tuition Benefits for Illegal Aliens

Would you approve of your tax dollars being used to subsidize the college education of an illegal alien? My guess is that your answer is the same as mine. Absolutely not! But that's exactly what is taking place in Montgomery County, Maryland. And Judicial Watch has decided to take legal action to stop it.

On Thursday, January 20, we held a press conference in Annapolis — Maryland's historic state capital — to announce the filing of a taxpayer lawsuit against the Board of Trustees of Maryland's Montgomery College for unlawfully charging discounted "in county" tuition rates to students who graduate from Montgomery County public high schools, regardless of their place of residency or immigration status.

Our new lawsuit alleges Montgomery College's tuition policy violates both Maryland and federal law and places a substantial financial burden on Montgomery County taxpayers, who subsidize student tuition. Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit on behalf of Montgomery County taxpayers Michael Lee Philips, Patricia Fenati, and David Drake in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.

Here's a partial summary of JW's argument (as described in our complaint):

Under federal law, unlawfully present aliens generally are ineligible for state or local public benefits, including post-secondary education benefits such as reduced tuition, unless a state has enacted a law affirmatively providing for such eligibility. The State of Maryland has never enacted a law affirmatively providing that unlawfully present aliens are eligible to receive reduced, in-county tuition at public institutions of higher education, including community colleges such as Montgomery College…

Pursuant to Maryland law, "Montgomery College is required to charge out-of-state tuition to any student who attends a community college in the State of Maryland and is not a resident of the State…"

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