Some states are making it harder for illegal immigrants to attend college by denying in-state tuition benefits or banning undocumented students.In the past two years, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Oklahoma have refused in-state tuition benefits to students who entered the USA illegally with their parents but grew up and went to school in the state. That represents a reversal from earlier this decade, when 10 states passed laws allowing in-state rates for such students.
Here's my favorite quote from the article. Somebody needs to tell Rep Harrison that it's not generosity if you hand out other people's money :
Helping them is "the right thing to do even if it's unpopular," says North Carolina state Rep. Pricey Harrison, a Democrat who introduced a bill that would prevent state institutions from asking about students' immigration status.You can read the whole article here.
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Getting tuition assistance, financial aid, or whatever you want to call it is as easy as getting a job with a fake green card. The only way colleges and universities can control/check for benefit is by performing an individual's credit check. However, a credit check wouldn't prevent children of illegals in this country from obtaining the benefit. It would be very hard to do that. Because, lets say a child was born from parents where one was illegal and the other was an American born parent. How do politician draw a line there? It would be unconstitutional unless both parents are illegal?
Unfortunately, any kid born here is a US citizen, even if both parents are illegal aliens.
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