# US Justice Department sues Penn State over undocumented students’ tuition

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/us-justice-department-sues-penn-state-over-undocumented-students-tuition/
- Published: 2026-11-06T05:57:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T06:20:05+00:00
- Original publisher: Al Jazeera (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/6/us-justice-department-sues-penn-state-over-undocumented-students-tuition?traffic_source=rss
- Topics: Americas, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- The Justice Department is suing Penn State over in-state tuition for undocumented students.
- Prosecutors say the policy gives students benefits not available to all US citizens.
- Penn State says it is reviewing the complaint.

## Summary

The US Justice Department has sued Pennsylvania State University, alleging that its reduced in-state tuition rates for some undocumented students violate federal law by giving them benefits not available to all US citizens. The case could affect access to university education for undocumented students and challenge similar policies at other public institutions.

Penn State allows non-citizen applicants to qualify if they attended an accredited Pennsylvania high school for at least four years and graduated from one. Prosecutors are seeking a court order to stop the university offering these rates and adopting similar policies; the department says this is its 27th lawsuit challenging such tuition arrangements, with six previous cases resulting in permanent court orders.

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