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A 2006 voter-approved law spells out that any person who is not a U.S. citizen or “legal resident’’ or is “without lawful immigration status’’ is ineligible to be charged the same tuition at state colleges and universities available to residents.
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Therefore, as per the state law, if the feds do not recognize one as a 'legal resident' they cannot receive in-state tuition. The schools were arguing that one's acceptance into the DACA program bestowed upon them 'legal resident' status for the purposes of the law, while the state was arguing it did not.