A federal judge ended Nebraska’s in-state tuition eligibility for undocumented students, granting a win to the U.S. Department of Justice in a dispute over educational benefits that states must provide consistently under federal law. The ruling eliminates a policy that had allowed qualifying undocumented students to pay in-state rates after meeting residency and high school criteria. The decision quashes a two-decade-old law and also affects eligibility for certain state scholarship programs. The ruling rejected attempts by nonprofits supporting DACA and other immigrant communities to intervene, narrowing procedural options for plaintiffs in similar cases. Nebraska joins a pattern of states losing DOJ litigation over tuition and scholarship eligibility, reshaping affordability for prospective college students in affected states.