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5.10.2006

Illegal Immigration Outrage # 3,142

They get favorable financing for U.S. college attendance:

Should it be cheaper for illegal immigrants to attend U.S. colleges than for U.S. citizens? Yes, according to lawmakers in California, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Washington.
Illegal immigrants residing in these states are eligible for in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities. These rates afford a significant cost savings compared to the tuition rates charged to out-of-state students. On average, an out-of-state student pays three times as much in tuition costs as an in-state student to attend the same school. In some states this means an out-of-state student pays as much as $40,000 more over four years.

The primary rationale behind in-state tuition rates is that students whose parents have been paying taxes into the state treasury for the past 18 years—thereby providing revenue for that state's colleges—should receive a break over out-of-state students. But the rationale has scant applicability to students who are illegal immigrants. Most states require illegal immigrants to reside in the state for only 2-3 years before becoming eligible for in-state tuition rates.


You read that right. In 9 U.S. states, people who have no business at all being in this country have rights superior to U.S. citizens when it comes to paying for college.

Blood boiling yet?

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