American Dream Protection Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends federal immigration-related benefit rules to make states and public institutions ineligible for federal financial assistance if they charge aliens not lawfully present a tuition rate at or below the resident citizen rate, or provide state-based financial aid to such students. It also gives legal force to an executive-order restriction on federal benefits for aliens in sanctuary jurisdictions. The practical effect is to pressure states and public colleges to end tuition and aid policies that favor undocumented students over some citizen out-of-state students.
Who Benefits and How
Citizen out-of-state students and federal taxpayers benefit from a policy that seeks parity in tuition treatment and reduces federal support for jurisdictions or institutions that subsidize undocumented students.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Undocumented college students, public colleges, states offering in-state tuition to undocumented students, Education Department grant staff, and sanctuary jurisdictions bear eligibility, funding, compliance, and enforcement burdens.
Key Provisions
- Bars federal financial assistance to public institutions that give aliens not lawfully present resident-rate tuition or state financial aid.
- Bars federal financial assistance to states that provide those tuition or aid benefits.
- Codifies federal-benefit restrictions tied to aliens in sanctuary jurisdictions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Conditions federal financial assistance for states and public colleges on denying in-state tuition or state financial aid to aliens not lawfully present, and codifies restrictions on federal benefits in sanctuary jurisdictions.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Immigration, Government, State & Local Government
Primary Purpose
Conditions federal financial assistance for states and public colleges on denying in-state tuition or state financial aid to aliens not lawfully present, and codifies restrictions on federal benefits in sanctuary jurisdictions.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Citizen out-of-state students
- Federal taxpayers
Identified Costs
- Undocumented college students
- Public institutions of higher education
- States offering in-state tuition
- Department of Education grant staff
- Sanctuary jurisdictions
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Hunt introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Citizen out-of-state students, Public institutions of higher education, Undocumented college students
Positive-direction: Citizen out-of-state students
Negative-direction: Public institutions of higher education, Undocumented college students
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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