Do you think that the Federal government should override state’s tuition laws? I don’t. You may not like a given state’s laws, but you have 49 other states to look at for a better deal on tuition. I think that Texas is among the cheaper options for out of state tuition. One thing I do like about Rick Perry is that he’s a strong backer for state’s rights. It’s much better to have 50 choices than to have none.
Do you think that states and cities can pass laws making them sancturary states/cities in the cooperation with and enforcement of our immigration laws?
It's not about the Federal meddling in a tuition law. One of the key places where there should be unanimity of policy in the country should be about what benefits are reserved for citizens and lawfully present aliens.
Unfortunately, we now have an Administration in Washington which wants a unanimity of policy resulting in open borders and benefits. Ideally, the Federal government would act in the interests of its existing citizens by having a sane border control and immigration policy. In the absence of that, the states go their way in all sorts of different ways, from sanctuary cities to in-state tuition programs for illegal aliens to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's round-em-up policies.
So, I was stating what the policy should be on in-state/out of state tuition in my ideal world. If states can redefine the benefits of citizenship as they wish, we're going to get all sorts of crazy things happening--as we are.
Generally, my policy is that he who pays for it decides how it is spent. So, I'd ordinarily be against Federal meddling if the State made the expense. But, treatment of illegals should be uniform across the oountry in my opinion, so this is a place where Federal input is appropriate (if it is sane, and it hasn't been).