With all of the disheartening news concerning veterans I was glad to learn that 6 veterans in Texas fought back and won after the government tried to deny them the college tuition they had earned.The dispute came as a result of the fact that the veterans are legal residents but not US Citizens:The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund sued the state last year on behalf of six Hispanic veterans who were legal permanent residents when they entered the military. They had applied for benefits under the Hazlewood Act, which waives tuition at Texas public colleges for honorably discharged veterans who served on active military duty. The plaintiffs were denied because, according to two state attorney general opinions, only U.S. citizens were eligible for the tuition waivers.But in a letter filed in court Monday, Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that he was withdrawing those opinions because his office determined that excluding permanent legal residents would not pass constitutional muster. [The Dallas Morning News]
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