Supreme Court case to prevent undocumented children in-state tuition

San Diego : CA : USA | Sep 02, 2009 at 6:20 AM PDT

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Two of the Ranking-House Judiciary Congressman weighs in on a California Supreme Court case to provide illegal immigrants in-state tuition, while U.S. citizens who live outside the state continue to fork over costly out-of-state tuition dollars.

Congressman Steve King-IA and Lamar Smith-TX filed an amicus brief this week regarding California Supreme Court case Martinez vs. Regents of the University of California.

At issue is the ability for the state to give those in this country illegally more favorable tuition rates than legal American citizens.

Ranking Member Smith said, “We should not reward illegal behavior. It’s fundamentally unfair to tell American parents who are not from California, but have paid taxes all their lives that they have to pay higher tuition bills to send their children to college than do illegal immigrants.”

In a statement, he goes on to explain law-abiding citizens should be first in line to get reduced college tuition. Keep reading

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Haven | over 3 years ago

It's really the legal americans who deserves the right

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Lori Pendleton | over 3 years ago

I'm as liberal as you can get, but on this one I agree. I don't know exactly how the state of California accounts for undocumented families, nor for that matter do I know how in the world an ondocumented child could possibly apply to a college, given the information required on the applications. I guess it comes down to the definition of "state resident." Is it someone who lives in the state for some period of time? Is it someone who pays taxes to the state? Is it only granted after federal citizenship is awarded? The answers to all those torny questions will determine the answer. I'd be OK charging them out-of-state tuition but allowing them to apply for whatever forms of financial aid they're eligible for. Maybe treat them as international students. As long as there are ways for them to receive an education...

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