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    Heartbreak: Illegal Aliens Denied In-State College Tuition

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    148 days ago in JammieWearingFool · Authority: 481

    Even more crushing, the fact they're illegal may prevent them from enrolling in college at all. What the hell is going on here? Someone's enforcing the law?Some states are making it harder for illegal immigrants to attend college by denying in-state

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    Only in America

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    148 days ago in Michelle Malkin · Authority: 4,486

    can illegal aliens get sob-story coverage for their complaints about being denied in-state college tuition benefits. The USAT headline: Illegal immigrants face threat of no college. [...] Read the rest »

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    148 days ago in TacJammer · Authority: 31

    There goes my "nice guy" image I try to keep this blog to a "PG" rating. I really do. Today, I'm close to failing. Illegal immigrants face threat of no college. Some states are making it harder for illegal immigrants to attend

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    Immigration And Higher Ed

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    148 days ago in Eduwonk · Authority: 179

    USAT takes a look at the move to financially restrict the access of immigrant students to higher education.   Just as the military has a fast-track to citizenship program for immigrants, why dont we create one for promising immigrant students who fini

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    Morning Brief: Suicide blast in Kabul

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    148 days ago in FP Passport | blogging on global news, politics, economics, and ideas · Authority: 1,118

    Morning Brief: Suicide blast in Kabul Mon, 07/07/2008 - 8:40am Top Story STR/AFP/Getty Images A suicide bomber killed at least 41 people, including the defense attache, and injured more than 140 when he crashed a car full of explosives into the Indian

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    Top stories in this morning's USA TODAY

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    148 days ago in On Deadline - USATODAY.com · Authority: 2,245

    The front page of this morning's USA TODAY In a twist, USA's Asians head to the Mountain West LAS VEGAS Dozens of workers line up for a buffet catered by Satay Malaysian Grille, a popular Chinatown eatery here. They carry plates piled high with Asian

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    Denying Immigrants Access to Higher Education Seems Ironic

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    111 days ago in Nuestra Vida, Nuestra Voz · Authority: 12

    As reported in this USA Today article from July, it is becoming increasingly difficult for undocumented students to attend college.  Since 2006, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, and Oklahoma have denied in-state tuition to undocumented students, even if they have attended the middle and high school public education systems.  Then there is South Carolina, which has banned undocumented students from attending public colleges and universities all together.   One argument made against undocumented students paying in-state tuition is that students who are U.S. citizens end up being treated unequally because they end up paying higher out-of-state tuition.  Those who argue this cite the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, which, as this article points out, “prohibits public colleges from favoring undocumented students by offering them in-state tuition rates and not extending that offer to U.S. citizens.”  However, states like California, New Mexico, and New York argue that their basis for giving undocumented students in-state tuition is based on attending in-state high schools: States are getting around the 1996 federal law, Samp said, by saying they are not discriminating based on residency but on where the students attended high school. They argue that it’s technically legal for an illegal immigrant to get in-state tuition if he or she graduated from a high school in the state, among other things. Tension around this debate seems to keep growing as lawsuits are being brought upon states which offer undocumented students in-state tuition.  But as the Latino population grows, it makes more sense to allow motivated immigrant students access to higher education than to deter their dreams of a better future.  And if primary and secondary public education is guaranteed to all children regardless of their immigration status (a ruling made in a 1982 Supreme Court decision), then it doesn’t make any sense to deny these same students the same access to college.   From a recent U.S. News article: Advocates of open access say it’s cruel and wrongheaded to deny undocumented students higher education and an opportunity to obtain legal status. They argue that these students would ultimately pay more taxes and make greater contributions as professionals and citizens. This argument makes sense.  Having a better prepared and educated workforce that contributes more to society can only benefit the economy.  Banning access to undocumented students that want to enter college just instills fear in an area which should otherwise be motivating students to achieve, give back to the community, and fulfill their dreams.    Contributed by Raquel Namuche

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    No In-State Tuition for Illegals

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    148 days ago in Backporch Politics · Authority: 2

    You can expect this topic to be discussed, with zeal, by talk show hosts on your AM dial and FoxNews reporters in the morning. It isn’t on the Drudge Report, yet, but I’ve got you covered. Here’s an excerpt: 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. You can read the rest of the story, from USA Today, by clicking here. There has been a swell of applause in the 259 comments on the story’s page, mostly along the lines of “This is great news. Just take a poll on what REAL Americans want to do with the ILLEGAL Alien Immigrants”. You can expect the same knee jerk reaction in the morning from AM pundits and their rabble roused audience. However, I have to dispute the predictable “conservative” reaction to this news. The argument being perpetuated in other states has been that in-state tuition should be a benefit reserved for citizens, not simply residents. However, at least in Texas, the process of proving your in-state residency also proves that you (or your family) are paying property taxes, whether to a landlord or directly to the state. That’s important, since the in-state tuition discount for college and university students comes from the state’s collection of property taxes. Thus, even a family of illegal immigrants is paying into the system from which the benefit of in-state tuition is derived. Excluding the offspring of anyone, illegal immigrant or otherwise, who’s been paying into the system for years or decades is wrong. Don’t get me wrong, I’m against illegal immigration. But, although we must address the growing and significant problem of illegal immigration, this method is not the way to do it and should be regarded as inept policy by reactionary politicians.

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    http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/07/help-immigrants.html#...
    142 days ago in Opinion: Editorial Pieces & Current Events Perspectives - USATODAY.com · Authority: 1,102

    Help immigrants Patrick Lopez - Dodge City, Kan. USA TODAY reported about legislation in some states making it more difficult for undocumented students to attend college. Either in-state tuition is denied or they are banned from attending ("Immigrants face tuition 'threat,'"). Continue reading.

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