SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration has sued California for providing in-state college tuition, scholarships, and subsidized loans to students who aren’t legally in the United States. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. It alleges the practice harms U.S. citizens and encourages illegal immigration. Similar lawsuits have been filed against other states. Backers of the state laws say the students generally were brought to the U.S. by their parents when they were children, and are as much a part of their communities as U.S. citizens. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said in a statement: “The DOJ has now filed three meritless, politically motivated lawsuits against California in a single week.”
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