Fifteen-year-old Cesar Espinosa watched his sister testify for a bill to grant in-state tuition to people who live in Texas but lack legal immigration status, though he didn't truly understand the Texas Dream Act until he graduated from high school.

Texas offered undocumented students in-state tuition, with bipartisan backing. On Wednesday, a federal judge stopped it after the Justice Department sued and Texas agreed.

A group of Texas lawmakers called on higher education leaders in the state to protect undocumented students’ access to in-state tuition, after the state agreed to end the practice earlier