TOPEKA, Kan., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- A law suit will be filed on Monday, July 19 in Federal Court in Topeka, Kansas, charging that a new state law permitting illegal aliens to attend Kansas public universities at in-state tuition rates violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment and other federal laws. The suit is being filed on behalf of 24 American citizens who claim they are being denied the same benefits that Kansas is offering to illegal immigrants...

The suit will be filed by Kris Kobach, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Missouri, Kansas City Law School, on behalf of the plaintiffs who were identified by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Professor Kobach was formerly a senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Justice on immigration and homeland security...

"The new law in Kansas offers a better deal to illegal immigrants than it does to U.S. citizens and legal immigrants, including some who own property and pay taxes in Kansas," said Dan Stein, executive director of FAIR. "Ironically, a foreign student who legally obtains a visa to attend a public university in Kansas will wind up paying a far higher tuition than someone who broke the law. While this suit is being filed in direct challenge to the Kansas policy, its outcome could affect similar policies in other states..."

The DREAM Act would be a national version of the Kansas law.

About the only argument supporters of the DREAM Act and the Kansas law have are emotional appeals and smears. Tactically speaking, I hope that the 24 plaintiffs are sympathetic, and also that a fair number of them are Of Color to help deflect the expected cries of racism from supporters of illegal immigration.

We'll have to wait and see if the non-liberal press will do stories on any of the plaintiffs with the same emotionalism that they write about the plight of illegal aliens.