Mayes calls Trump lawsuit against in-state tuition for immigrant students ‘baseless’

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: August 27, 2026

Words: 838

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Arizona voters in 2022 approved Proposition 308, which reversed a law voters had enshrined 16 years earlier that explicitly forbade non-citizens from receiving state subsidized help, including financial aid or in-state tuition rates.

The new law allows any student, regardless of their immigration status, to qualify for in-state tuition rates at any of the state’s community colleges or three public universities as long as they obtained a high school diploma or GED …

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