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.

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.

Undocumented students in Texas no longer qualify for in-state tuition after Texas agreed with the federal government's demand to stop the practice.