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New hearing sought in fight over Texas law that gave undocumented students in-state tuition

A federal judge blocked the Texas Dream Act in June after it was challenged by the Trump administration and state officials declined to defend it.

An advocacy group is seeking a new federal appeals court hearing in its effort to defend the Texas Dream Act, a longstanding state law that allowed some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. This summer, a three-judge panel of the5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled advocacy groups, Austin Community […]

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