>> I just re-read your in-state tuition screed. To qualify for in-state tuition rates one must live in-state, so I’m not sure how your argument applies <<
THAT’S THE POINT!!! If you are from Mexico, you go to Texas universities for greatly reduced rates. If you are from Oklahoma, screw you. In-state tuition rates should not be offered to illegal aliens!!!
“If you are from Mexico...”
They are “from” Texas. You have to establish 3 years of residency to qualify. A person from Oklahoma only has to establish 1 year of residency to qualify.
Each state should get to decide who gets in-state tuition.
Are you a deport them all guy?
You don't have a grasp on in-state tuition requirements in Texas, nor reciprocity agreements that states choose or not choose to participate in.
You don't get instate tuition rates just from being from Mexico. If you don't live here, you're not getting instate tuition rates, regardless of where you're from. If somebody is born in Mexico and moves to California, that student will not get instate tuition rates in Texas. You don't get instate tuition rates by just moving here. If your state is not part of a reciprocity agreement with Texas, then you must live in Texas and pay taxes here for X amount of time. If you're an illegal, you must reside here 3 years prior to graduating high school. At that point, you get in-state tuition rates, since you have been paying into the system.
Since you wanted to cite a resident of Oklahoma as not getting instate tuition, their state schools have chosen not to participate in reciprocity agreements with Texas. That doesn't stop a student of Oklahoma from getting instate tuition in Oklahoma. That student (and his family/guardian) have not been domiciled in Texas, therefore they won't get tuition. If they move down here and pay into the system, they will get instate tuition.
Since this seems to be a burning issue for you, please write a letter to your state representative and senator asking them to introduce identical bills in the next regular or special session. The bills should mimic Alabama’s new law that requires public schools to determine citizenship upon registration. Far more money gets spent educating illegal aliens in grades K - 12 than gets spent at universities. After you write the letter, please post a copy here so we can all be sure that your concern is the cost to taxpayers and that you are not just sitting somewhere with tin foil on your head sticking pins ina Rick Perry doll.