You are ignoring a very salient fact and that is that public universities are not part of the free market system in that their tuition prices are set by the government and the cost of tuition does not cover the entire cost of a college education. Instead, tuition covers a small portion of the cost of a college education and the rest of the cost is covered by state taxes, endowments and in Texas the PUF.
In addition, the major universities in the state of Texas, specifically UT Austin which already has 52,000 students has to have greater and greater admissions standards and thus limit access to US citizens if Illegal Aliens and taking up the limited slots in enrollment.
“Immigration status aside...”
Are you kidding? How can you set immigration status aside when it is my tax dollars being used to subsidize college educations for students who will never be able to legally work in the United States.
The only hope that these illegal aliens have to ever legally work in the United States is if a future President Rick Perry grants all illegal aliens AMNESTY!
Do you even know what the Texas In State Tuition rules are? To qualify for the Tuition, they also have to be pursuing US Citizenship.
I am sick to death of people who don't live in TX, or are just flat out liars spouting off about "what" the Texas In State Tuition is..
Something Governor Perry (as opposed to the Texas Legislature who are the folks who enacted the In State Tuition in a veto proof majority) is/has really pushed for in the State is an affordable college education costing $10,000. He has looked at innovative ways to make a college degree accesible for Texans of all income levels.