Texas has ended its decades-long policy of extending in-state tuition to students without legal status.

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday that the state had filed a joint motion with the U.S. Department of Justice asking a federal court to declare a section of the Texas Education Code “unconstitutional and invalid” and permanently block the state from enforcing it. A judge agreed.

“Ending this discriminatory and un-American provision is a major victory for Texas,” Paxton said in a statement.

The order came after the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a complaint to stop Texas from giving in-state tuition to immigrant students without legal status.

In a news release, the department said Texas unconstitutionally discriminates against U.S. citizens who aren’t af

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