In her statement, Attorney General Pam Bondi wasn’t holding back:

According to Bondi, “no state can be permitted to treat Americans as second-class citizens in their own nation by providing financial benefits to illegal aliens.”

“We look forward to taking this fight to Minnesota in order to protect the rights of American citizens first, as the Department of Justice just won on this exact issue in Texas.”

According to the DOJ, the program discriminates against U.S. citizens who reside outside of their state and requires them to pay much higher tuition, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. State Attorney General Keith Ellison and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education are specifically named as co-defendants in their lawsuit.

The DOJ statement states, “The extent of this discrimination against U.S. citizens is significant.” “Tuition for resident students is substantially less expensive than for non-resident U.S. citizens.”

Political Repercussions and Walz’s Reaction

The Dream Act and other similar programs have