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Supreme Court rejects illegal immigrants' tuition case | Reuters

Supreme Court rejects illegal immigrants' tuition case | Reuters

Supreme Court rejects illegal immigrants' tuition case


Security guards walk the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing

WASHINGTON | Mon Jun 6, 2011 11:24am EDT

(Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a California law that gives illegal immigrants the same in-state college tuition rates as legal state residents, another contentious issue in the nation's immigration policy debate.

The justices refused to hear an appeal by group of out-of-state U.S. citizens after the California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the law and dismissed their lawsuit.