For Those Of You Who Believe What You Hear Without Checking Your Facts: Governor Rick Perry Doesn’t Spport Illegal Aliens-—> “To Qualify For The Texas In-State Tuition Rate They Have To Turn Themselves Into Immigration Officials And Be In The Process Of Acquiring Citizenship. It Is Exactly Like US Military Service= If You Aren’t A US Citizen You Can Still Serve As Long As You Are In The Process Of Acquiring Citizenship.”
I've checked my facts. And what you outline is pandering to illegals. It's giving illegal-aliens an opportunity they should not be given. They're here illegally and any pandering to them given their illegal status implicitly condones their decision to break our immigration laws.
And to anyone who claims the bill affects the students and not their illegal parents, both parent and child are here illegally, and the parent is awarded for their illegal entry by our giving their child a bonus toward an education. That's pandering and I'll have none of it. Your candidate can go back to Texas and stay there. I'll not vote for him.
H.B. No. 1403
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain persons to qualify as residents of this state for purposes of higher education tuition or to pay tuition at the rate provided to residents of this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.051(m), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(m) Unless the student establishes residency as provided by Section 54.052(j) or 54.057, tuition [Tuition] for a student [students] who is a citizen [are citizens] of any country other than the United States of America is the same as the tuition required of other nonresident students.
SECTION 2. Section 54.052, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, an individual shall be classified as a Texas resident until the individual establishes a residence outside this state if the individual resided with the individual’s parent, guardian, or conservator while attending a public or private high school in this state and:
(1) graduated from a public or private high school or received the equivalent of a high school diploma in this state;
(2) resided in this state for at least three years as of the date the person graduated from high school or received the equivalent of a high school diploma;
(3) registers as an entering student in an institution of higher education not earlier than the 2001 fall semester; and
(4) provides to the institution an affidavit stating that the individual will file an application to become a permanent resident at the earliest opportunity the individual is eligible to do so.
AFAIK you are mistaken. A promise to apply for legal status at some future date, with no time limit, is meaningless.
Note: "...or will file..." 5. I have filed or will file an application to become a permanent resident at the earliest opportunity that I am eligible to do so.