Illinois Governor signs a bill that gives in-state tuition benefits to illegal aliens

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 5093 on June 26, expanding eligibility for in-state tuition by allowing certain students who attended an Illinois high school for at least three years to qualify for resident tuition rates even if they later established residency outside Illinois before enrolling in college. The legislation changes Illinois’ in-state tuition requirements by extending eligibility to students who meet the high school attendance requirement regardless of whether they established residency outside Illinois before enrollment. One of the bill’s sponsors, Democrat State Sen. Celina Villanueva, said the legislation is intended to benefit illegal aliens and transgender-identifying students....