AUSTIN, Texas — A law that was on the books for 20 years has now come to an abrupt halt, after the U.S. Department of Justice sued Texas to block a law that allowed reduced in-state tuition for undocumented students .

Javier Perez-Salazar is a Mexican-American student who goes to UT Austin and hails from a border town. He says he has 10 friends who are now impacted by the change.

"What can I do? Like what do we do?" Perez-Salazar said. "I don't know what to do. My friends are like completely helpless. They can't fight this at all."

In a statement, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called the change a win, saying that "ending this discriminatory and un-American provision is a major victory for Texas."

"They literally have less resources than an American, yet they're making it more p

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