Statement from the Dream Project and LAJC: In-State Tuition Lawsuit

Today, in a win for Virginia’s immigrant communities, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denied the joint motion between the United States and the State of Virginia to nullify the Dream Act, a law that provides an alternative pathway to in-state tuition. This motion, rushed through in the waning days of the Miyares administration, was an attempt to undo the democratic will of the people of Virginia without any opportunity for a real defense. This attempt has failed. The Dream Act remains in full effect.

Now that the Virginia Attorney General’s office has asserted that it will defend this important law, the Court has determined that outside intervention is no longer needed. We went to court to make sure the Dream Act got a strong defense, and we got what we came for. The students are entitled to have their dreams defended.

Read the full court document here