NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit found that a Texas federal court correctly kept two advocacy groups, Austin Community College and a student from intervening in a lawsuit between the U.S. and Texas concerning whether the state can guarantee in-state tuition for undocumented students at Texas public colleges and universities. Federal law preempts the Texas Dream Act; the state cannot give education benefits to undocumented residents that are not given to all U.S. citizens, so it cannot extend tuition discounts to undocumented students unless in-state tuition is also offered to all citizens.
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