[South40]

Let’s take in-state tuition for illegals to its logical conclusion. If you support in-state tuition for illegal aliens, then:

1. Would you support giving them work visas after they graduate, so that their education isn’t wasted?
2. If so, would you then support giving them Green Cards (permanent residency), which would lead to citizenship, so that they won’t have to go home to lands they barely remember?
3. If so, should those whose parents couldn’t afford to send them to college get the same privileges as those who went to college? Should we give US citizenship to anyone who’s brought here below the age of 18 and goes to school in the US for three years?

Then there's this...

Federal law passed in 1996 prohibits illegal aliens from receiving in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education. Specifically, Section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Title 8, Chapter 14, Sec. 1623(a)) states: "an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State (or a political subdivision) for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit (in no less an amount, duration, and scope) without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident."

[cripplecreek]

Good lord, they just keep digging the hole deeper.

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping. This is one GRRRRRREAT thread! (yes, I read every post)

Thanks to EVERY poster.

[newzjunkey]

Federal law may say that but multiple courts, including the 10th Circuit, have ruled no student has standing to sue because that right wasn't included in the law.

Earlier this year, SCOTUS declined to review a case over CA in-state tuition based on that same statute.

It seems the feds would have to sue the states.