On a more local note, when I first heard about the attempt here in Washington state to pass the same kind of legislation, I contacted every rep & senator I could find contact info for. It did pass, and now, the university of washington has revoked a long standing policy of allowing students who graduate from community colleges with an A.A and who maintained the requisite GPA from transferring into the UW automatically. Reason? Too many students. All the projections are that more and more Washington kids will not be able to get in. Yet the legislation that was passed only required illegals to have lived here for 3 years. With a minimal requirement like that I think it's pretty much a given lots of Washington kids are going to be the losers in the higher education game.