The Justice Department has sued the University of Delaware, alleging the school "grants in-state tuition for illegal aliens while denying reduced tuition to U.S. citizens."
The math comes straight from UD's own 2026-27 cost-of-attendance page. Undergraduate tuition for Delaware residents is $15,740. For non-residents it is $42,470.
A qualifying illegal alien who went to high school in Delaware pays the first number. A US citizen from Pennsylvania or Maryland pays the second. That is a $26,730-a-year premium for the crime of being an American from the wrong state, or roughly $107,000 over four years at current rates, before fees.
To qualify, according to NBC Philadelphia, a non-citizen must have attended a Delaware high school for at least three years, graduated there or earned a GED, lived with a legal guardian while in school, enrolled at UD within 18 months of graduating, and provided evidence of permanent residency or an application for U.S. citizenship.
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr. said:
"This Department of Justice's efforts will not cease until we have challenged every state law or university policy that gives preferential treatment to illegal aliens
