The U.S. Department of Justice and Kansas officials moved to quash Kansas’s law allowing certain undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates. The joint request asks a federal judge to invalidate the policy shortly after the DOJ sued Kansas, continuing a pattern in which states either do not defend or align with the federal position in tuition-equity disputes. The proposed consent decree still requires court approval. The change would have significant financial implications for eligibility-dependent enrollment decisions, given the magnitude of in-state versus out-of-state tuition differences at Kansas public universities. The policy’s stated eligibility conditions—attending Kansas high school for at least three years, graduating in Kansas or earning a GED, and signing an affidavit to pursue lawful immigration status—were intended to create a residency-related pathway. However, DOJ argued that the approach conflicts with federal statutes prohibiting states from granting higher-education benefits to undocumented students based on state residency if those benefits are not also available to out-of-state U.S. citizens. Civil liberties advocates criticized the move, describing it as collusion between the Trump administration and Kansas’s attorney general. For universities, the litigation outcome affects admissions strategy, financial aid planning, and compliance risk around tuition pricing for undocumented applicants.