Posted on 01/06/2010 8:45:46 AM PST by Coleus
A bill that would allow illegal immigrants who are New Jersey residents to pay in-state tuition was today moved out of an Assembly committee after hours of emotional testimony. Opponents of the bill say it goes against federal law and would deprive state colleges of the money that out-of-state tuition would bring in, but supporters counter that it would bring paying students to the school who otherwise would not have attended at all.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee voted 7-4 to move the bill to the full Assembly. It was scheduled for debate in a Senate committee today. If the bill is passed by the full Legislature and signed by the governor, immigrants in the country illegally would be eligible for in-state tuition if they have attended a New Jersey high school for at least three years and received a diploma or equivalency.
The Office of Legislative Services, a nonpartisan body that works for the legislature, said the bill would not cost the state money, but some legislators say they cannot see how that is possible. Assemblyman Richard Merkt (R-Morris) said it was "naive" to think so, and Assemblyman Herb Conaway (D-Burlington) said he had spoken to university presidents who said it would have a fiscal impact.
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Is there not tar in New Jersey? Has the State no trees with which to make rails? No feathered friends to borrow some feathers from? I have heard that a naked screaming legislator riding a rail is really amusing!
another ho-hum outrage for the AFIRE ping list
In a perverse way this will probably save the NJ taxpayers money since the illegal freeloaders are now attending NJ universities for free anyway, resident or not.
Makes perfect sense, Dems lost the last election, need a new crop of Dem voters that aren't pissed about taxes...solution illegal freeloaders.
Similar issue here, my daughters attend school in PA and DE. Maybe I'll renounce my citizenship and declare them as illegals to get the in-state discount.
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