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November 15, 2010 | 10:16 am  
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The California Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday that  
illegal immigrants may continue to be eligible for in-state tuition
rates at the state's colleges and universities rather than pay the advertisement
higher rates charged to those who live out of state.

In a ruling written by Justice Ming W. Chin, one of the panel's

more conservative members, the state high court said a California
law that guarantees the lower tuition for students who attend
California high schools for at least three years and graduate does
not conflict with a federal prohibition on giving illegal immigrants
educational benefits based on residency.

California is one of several states that permit illegal immigrants to

take advantage of lower college tuition for students who attend
high school and graduate in state. About 25,000 illegal
immigrants are estimated to receive in-state tuition rates in
California.

A group fighting illegal immigration challenged the California law on behalf of U.S. citizens who pay
the higher tuition as out-of-state students. The group won in lower court, and the state appealed.

The lawsuit contended the California law usurped a federal prohibition on giving educational benefits
based on residency to illegal immigrants but not all U.S. citizens.
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College students who are in the country illegally are barred from government financial-aid programs.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected eventually to decide whether the lower tuition rates also violate
federal law.      
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"It cannot be the case that states may never give a benefit to unlawful aliens without giving the same
benefit to all American citizens," Chin wrote.]

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