A judge has allowed a group to defend in-state tuition for undocumented Kentucky students.

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A federal judge has granted a group of undocumented students in Kentucky the right to defend their in-state tuition rates when their state won’t.

Since summer, the Trump administration has challenged in-state tuition policies in Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Texas, arguing they discriminate against out-of-state American citizen students. In a proposed settlement filed in August, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education agreed to end the benefit.

But Kentucky Students for Affordable Tuition, represented by attorneys from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. District Court for the

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