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THE SAME WORDS, PRINTED DIFFERENTLYFriday 28 August 2026

2 outlets quote this line 2 different ways.

upi.com: “By granting illegal aliens in-state tuition, Washington, Oregon, New Mexico and Arizona are pushing citizens to the side and ignoring federal law. No more,”; lynnwoodtimes.com: “By granting illegal aliens…

As published

7 pages captured at the time, in each outlet's own typography. Open one to read the copy held outside the publisher's control.

upi.com as published: DOJ sues 4 more states over noncitizen tuition benefit lawsupi.com2026-08-28 13:52:04king5.com as published: DOJ sues Washington over in-state tuition, financial aid for undocumented studentsking5.com2026-08-28 13:52:04koat.com as published: Trump DOJ sues New Mexico over in-state tuition and financial aid for undocumented studentskoat.com2026-08-28 13:52:04krem.com as published: DOJ sues Washington over aid for undocumented studentskrem.com2026-08-28 13:52:04kvia.com as published: DOJ sues New Mexico for providing in-state tuition to undocumented studentskvia.com2026-08-28 13:52:04lynnwoodtimes.com as published: DOJ Sues Washington Over In-State Tuition for Undocumented Studentslynnwoodtimes.com2026-08-28 13:52:04oregonlive.com as published: DOJ sues Oregon over in-state tuition for undocumented studentsoregonlive.com2026-08-28 13:52:04

Attributed to no one

Quoted verbatim from each outlet's own page. This site records what was published and who it was attributed to. It does not assess whether the claim is true.

kvia.com

  • ABC-7 reached out to New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez for comment.

named elsewhere in the same article: DOJ

What this entry found

  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    The name and title of the Justice Department official issuing the statement

    • upi.com (Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr.)
    • lynnwoodtimes.com (Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr.)
  • THE ANSWER, NOT THE QUESTION

    2 of 2 outlets print this response without the question it answered.

    • upi.com: response only
    • lynnwoodtimes.com: response only
7independent outlets
What happened, for context

On August 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice filed four lawsuits against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington, challenging state laws that provide in-state tuition and financial assistance to undocumented students. The DOJ argues these laws unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens. These lawsuits bring the total number of states sued by the Trump administration on this issue to 21.

4 of 7 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: king5.com, krem.com, oregonlive.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.

Who reported it

  • upi.comWIRE
  • king5.comINDEP
  • koat.comINDEP
  • krem.comINDEP
  • kvia.comINDEP
  • lynnwoodtimes.comUNCLASSIFIED
  • oregonlive.comUNCLASSIFIED

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • The DOJ filed lawsuits against four states on August 28, 2026 (described as Thursday): Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washingtonupi.com, koat.com, kvia.com, lynnwoodtimes.com
  • The lawsuits challenge state laws providing in-state tuition and/or financial assistance to undocumented studentsupi.com, koat.com, kvia.com, lynnwoodtimes.com, king5.com, krem.com, oregonlive.com
  • The DOJ argues these laws unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizensupi.com, koat.com, kvia.com, lynnwoodtimes.com
  • These four lawsuits bring the total to 21 lawsuits filed by the DOJ against states over similar policiesupi.com, kvia.com, lynnwoodtimes.com
  • Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr. (or Stanley E. Woodward Jr.) issued a statement in connection with the lawsuitsupi.com, lynnwoodtimes.com

Reported by one outlet only

  • New Mexico's law is Senate Bill 582, passed in 2005, which requires public post-secondary institutions to grant the same tuition rates and state-funded financial aid to persons regardless of immigration status if they attended a secondary educational institution in New Mexico for at least one year and graduated from or received a GED from a New Mexico high schoolonly koat.com
  • The DOJ says New Mexico's law creates incentives for illegal immigration and rewards undocumented persons with benefits that not all U.S. citizens are eligible foronly koat.com
  • In June 2025, the DOJ filed a similar complaint against a Texas law, and shortly thereafter Texas asked the court to deem the law unconstitutionalonly kvia.com
  • The civil complaint against Washington was filed in U.S. District Court of Western Washington in Seattleonly lynnwoodtimes.com
  • The DOJ quoted Woodward saying 'Over 30 years ago, Congress made clear that States cannot put illegal aliens before our Nation's own citizens'only lynnwoodtimes.com
  • Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson indicated he plans to fight the lawsuitonly upi.com

Reported unevenly

  • The name and title of the Justice Department official issuing the statementstated by upi.com (Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr.), lynnwoodtimes.com (Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr.)
  • The specific federal statute cited as the basis for the challengestated by upi.com (1996 federal statute)