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The sad part is, instead of making those points forcefully and repeatedly, he went to that heartless line. He could have made this more about the awful Federal government forcing Texas and Arizona and so on into some terrible spots where there were no good solutions - and he would have come out just nicked a little.

That’s the tragedy to me.

They are all lawbreakers, parents and children, and should be deported. If you read the actual law, there is nothing that says that in-state tuition is confined to children of a certain age. You could be a 24 year old illegal, lives in Texas for 3 years, and gets a GED, You are then eligible for in-state tuition.

From the law, here are the eligibility criteria:

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.