By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Capitol Times
Saying that federal law and not the state determines who is here legally, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that “dreamers” are entitled to the same lower tuition rates as other Arizona residents.
Judge Arthur Anderson rejected arguments by the Attorney General’s Office that students who are accepted into the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are not “lawfully present” in the United States and therefore ineligible for in-state tuition.
Anderson said the federal Department of Homeland Security considers DACA recipients to be here legally.
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