Are there ANY candidates either in the race or considering the race, who would push for a law that would FORBID states from setting their own in-state tuition rules?
If there are not, then Perry’s position that it is a state matter makes no difference to the choice of candidates.
I would hope that all serious candidates would be against states setting rules to give in state tuition to illegals.
Plus, the Texas law signed by Perry violates a federal law intended to prevent illegal from receiving preferential treatment over American citizens.
Federal Law Title 8, Chapter 14, Sec. 1623 states:
“an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State... for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit.”