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I believe there are 15 states that provide this...."with stipulations", i.e., you must have graduated from a Texas High School, have been a resident of the State for 3 years....etc etc. So it's not like you go from Mississippi to Texas and the next week get Texas in state tuition.

And remember, the Feds say mandatory education for ALL children through 12th grade in every state.

I really don't see the objection.

I believe there are 15 states that provide this...."with stipulations", i.e., you must have graduated from a Texas High School, have been a resident of the State for 3 years....etc etc.

In Massachusetts the stipulation says Massachusetts high scholl OR equivalent thereof. You can drive a Dreamer Train through that loophole.

I believe there are 15 states that provide this...."with stipulations", i.e., you must have graduated from a Texas High School, have been a resident of the State for 3 years....etc etc.

I have a better idea. if they are here illegally, deport them. If their parents are here illegally, deport them. Let them go to college in their own country.

In 1996, Congress passed—and President Bill Clinton signed into law—the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA). Section 1623 of this federal statute prohibits state colleges and universities from providing in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens “on the basis of residence within the State” unless the same in-state rates are offered to all citizens of the United States.

Today, 15 states allow individuals who are in the United States illegally to pay the same in-state tuition rates as legal residents of the states—without providing the same rates to others. By circumventing the requirements of § 1623 these states are violating federal law, and the legal arguments offered to justify such actions are untenable, no matter what other policy arguments are offered in their defense.

For public colleges, out of state tuition is about three times in-state tuition. If illegal aliens who are not legal residents of the US or the state for that matter can attend public colleges funded by the taxpayers at a reduced rate, where is the fairness in that? And illegal aliens are taking the place of American citizens who could be attending the school.

It is also illegal for someone illegally in this country to work here. So why should we be subsidizing people who can't work here legally. And to make matters worse, many of these Dreamers will benefit from being a minority in terms of admissions.

The bottom line is that it is illegal and the taxpayers are footing the costs.