Washington – Illegal-Alien Tuition Breaks Allowed by U.S. High Court

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    Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a California law that makes illegal immigrants eligible for the reduced tuition paid at public colleges and universities by legal state residents.

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    The justices today turned away an appeal by a group of non- Californians who attend school in the state and pay as much as $20,000 per year more than residents. The students said 25,000 illegal aliens pay the lower tuition each year, costing the state $208 million.

    California is one of nine states that make undocumented aliens eligible for in-state tuition, according to the suing students.

    The case turned on a 1996 federal law that limits the power of states to offer reduced tuition to those in the country illegally. The law says illegal immigrants can’t claim lower tuition “on the basis of residence within a state” unless all U.S. citizens are similarly eligible.

    The California law doesn’t explicitly tie the tuition of illegal aliens to their place of residency. The measure instead says those students are entitled to the lower tuition if they graduated from a California high school after having attended one for at least three years.

    The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state law, saying it is based on “other criteria,” not residency.

    Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Utah and Washington are some of the other states that have passed similar laws.


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    volfie
    volfie
    12 years ago

    the whole thing makes absolutely no sense.illegal aliens (a/k/a/ “undocumented democrats” ) should not be allowed to enter the public or private educational system at any level.why does this country afford privileges to law-breakers ? Hard working american citizens who pay high taxes are having their money and seats diverted
    to illegals. it’ s absolutely nuts !!

    sasregener
    sasregener
    12 years ago

    you know this country is making me sick already. illegals get treated better than citizens.The USA is so starting to go down the tubes already with these liberals altready. Lets just give them the whole country or gives us guns so we can just shoot ourselves and take ourselves out of this misery. I am making Aliya and thats that.

    ComeOn
    ComeOn
    12 years ago

    I’m very interested what Charlie Hall has to say about this. Does he side with Americans or Illegals?

    charliehall
    charliehall
    12 years ago

    I presume that commenters here would have given the same treatment to the Jews who entered America illegally in 1942 to escape the Nazis. Shame!

    shredready
    shredready
    12 years ago

    as a liberal it seems very odd that illegal should get a break. It like if I steal something and then want to pay back I should pay full price not the price with a discount card

    volfie
    volfie
    12 years ago

    #4 -charliehall
    how dare you compare the situations of Jews and mexicans. man- u have really lost it. perhaps u should spend more time on psycho sites or earning a living driving a yellow cab in brooklynstan.

    volfie
    volfie
    12 years ago

    to #5 ,a/k/a/ the professor- you missed my point.there is the doctrine of fruits from the poisonous tree. children of illegal immigrants born in the U.S. should not benefit from thier parents crime.The founders of this once great country and the 14th amendment did not seek to give status to illegals or their progeny.the liberal judges have misconstrued the law.
    That’s right- keep them out of all the schools and all the jobs ,let them leave the country and reapply for legal admission.otherwise the problem will go on.
    by the way can u send me a check for $38,759.00 to cover my child’s tuition -we are both citizens.