AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Undocumented students at Texas' public universities will lose the ability to receive in-state tuition, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in an uncontested settlement.

The change comes after the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Texas for a 2001 law, known as the Texas Dream Act, which allowed those students to receive in-state tuition if they met certain qualifications. The lawsuit alleged that the Dream Act violated federal law, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a statement Wednesday announcing his office would not contest the suit, causing the law to be repealed through a default judgment.

“Ending this discriminatory and un-American provision is a major victory for Texas," Paxton wrote.

The Texas Legislature considered bills during this year's

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