Experts say Wednesday’s action to eliminate the long-standing policy could be a “collusive lawsuit,” where the state and feds worked the courts to get a desired outcome.

Viridiana Carrizales spent Thursday talking with panicked undocumented students and their parents. She met with students worried about affording their summer classes and a mother vowing to get another job.

Texas ended its in-state tuition for undocumented students following a DOJ lawsuit, a move faced by opposition from state Democrats and concern for the affected students' educational costs.