So that shouldn’t stop a veto. Perry agreed with the bill. In-state tuition is being challenged in the courts and there was a repeal effort in the state legislature this past session.
The ROOT problem here, at least in Texas, is that the Federal Government via the Supreme Court forces us to educate the kids of illegals among other things.
But the Federal Government will not secure the border.
It’s a mix bag for me because I understand both sides of the issue. Being a Texan, I see Mexican kids who were brought here by their parents from Mexico illegally and many have been here for more in their life than in Mexico. Many do not even relate to Mexico. They consider themselves Texans because they grew up here and went to school here most of their lives.
Here is something also to think about: Many of these kids of illegals who go to college and graduate are not able to get jobs if they have not completed their citizenship.
This whole issue involves 1% or less of the entire higher education students in Texas Universities. We are talking about 8K to 12K students. There were 8,406 undocumented students enrolled in community college and technical schools, 3,735 in public universities and 7 in health related institutes in the fall semester of 2009.
Reminder too that are no perks. They have to pay unless they applied and got a grant.
There was over $27 million paid in tuition and fees in the year 2009 to Institutions & Universities by students who filed the affidavits in Texas.
Also of note is that there are 12 states that have this in-state tuition law.
California, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.
I just feel like this is not an issue to stop someone from beating Obama in the 2012 election. That is the goal.
Worrying about approx 12K kids of illegals getting a lower tuition rate (which they have to pay) seems silly to me.