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Romney says illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on UT tuition over 4 years (facts)
Austin American Statesman ^ | September 28, 2011 | The Truth-O-Meter

Posted on 09/28/2011 4:01:54 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

........To take a step back and view the big picture: Of 1.3 million college students in Texas in 2010, 1.2 percent (16,476) were illegal immigrants receiving tuition breaks through the affidavit route. (The even bigger picture: Texas’ 1.65 million illegal immigrants made up 6.7 percent of the state’s total population in 2010, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.)

Stated another way, only 1 percent of Texas’ illegal immigrants got the in-state rates in 2010. And of those, 73 percent got an average reduction of $2,600 or less; the remaining 27 percent average closer to $10,000 per year.

So let’s return to Romney’s statement: "Four years of college, almost $100,000 discount if you are an illegal alien (and) go to the University of Texas."

For the 612 affidavit students at the University of Texas last year, Romney’s figure of $22,000 per year is approximately correct, even a bit low; but quadrupling the real average adds up to $90,800 over four years, not $100,000.

Not only is that UT tuition break the very highest that Romney could have cited among Texas public universities, it went to only 4 percent of the illegal immigrants who received in-state tuition rates last year.

The vast majority of affidavit students in Texas last year got an average in-state tuition reduction of $1,600 to $2,600. If they got that rate for four years, the total "discount" would be $6,400 to $10,400. And that group of 12,028 community college affidavit students made up less than 1 percent of the 1,364,911 college students enrolled in Texas last year.

Romney’s $100,000 figure is only $9,200 off the mark for the University of Texas, but with 73 percent of affidavit students receiving $10,400 or less over four years, his choice to use UT as an example gives a skewed representation of the reality of illegal immigrants seeking college education in Texas…..” PolitiFact-Texas


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: economy; gopprimary; illegalimmigration; perry2012; perryspam
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Drones work in war zones, why are they unacceptable to you on our 2000 international border with Mexico?

A wall is a bandaid, a false sense of security and useless, except in urban areas. A big 2000 mile long iron curtain? You want that instead?

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Find a quote of mine that says I'm against drones. I'm for whatever keeps our people safe, and in the choice between building a wall and losing american lives, I'll choose building the wall.

Ask the israelis if their wall is useless.

61 posted on 09/28/2011 6:48:12 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ejonesie22
Sorry but I am heartless...

and not very original!

62 posted on 09/28/2011 6:51:36 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: trisham

The Israels use drones and fences JUST LIKE PERRY calls for.

Perry isn’t buying guns and selling them to Mexican Cartels like the Obama administration.

Gov. Perry (with Texas state money) has Texas Rangers on the border facing those criminals that Obama has armed.

Perry wants drones to give us the Intel we can use to protect us and seal the border — a 2000 mile fence is a cartoon of security. We need drones, urban fencing and boots on the ground.


63 posted on 09/28/2011 6:56:29 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I doubt very much that Perry's plan is anything like the israelis. I've seen photos of the fence that israel has constructed.

It's clear that Perry is not against illegal aliens being in this country. He's willing to reward them for being here. That's the real problem.

64 posted on 09/28/2011 7:01:57 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: anton
Perry is not a choice because his love of illegals is emotional.

One of the least informed comments I've seen on FR.

65 posted on 09/28/2011 7:02:56 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: lonestar

“One of the least informed comments I’ve seen on FR.”

That’s says a lot on the anti-Perry threads!


66 posted on 09/28/2011 7:04:18 AM PDT by magritte
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To: trisham
You are comparing apples and oranges. Mexico is not trying to drive us into the sea or refusing to recognize us as a country.

Your over-reach discredits any spin you put out there. We don't need a 2000 mile 30 foot wall with trenches, razor wire and sniper towers. We need to correct this problem not escalate it.

67 posted on 09/28/2011 7:10:14 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: lonestar
Not really interested in being original, just accurate and real...
68 posted on 09/28/2011 7:15:17 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Romney had illegals cutting his lawn at his mansion in Belmont, MA - he watched them! Milt tried to deflect the heat on the issue by saying it was the landscaping company’s responsibility to make sure the workers were legal.

For God’s sake, you’re the governor and don’t have the sense to know who’s working on your personal property? And he’s going to secure the border? REALLY?

And then there’s that little RomneyCare thing that he headed up...you know, the predecessor to ObamaCare.

Yeah, Mitt’s just great!

Perry ain’t perfect...but has he sat and watched illegals cut his lawn? Did he create the inspiration for ObamaCare?


69 posted on 09/28/2011 7:29:42 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (If not Perry, it's Romney. And if it's Romney, it's Obama.)
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To: ejonesie22
Not really interested in being original, just accurate and real...

You struck out!

70 posted on 09/28/2011 7:32:12 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

On that note, I’ll leave you. Good day.


71 posted on 09/28/2011 7:33:57 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
In-State Tuition Debate Isn't About In-State Tuition (It's about AMNESTY)
72 posted on 09/28/2011 7:38:28 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Bush called us "vigilantes." Perry calls us "heartless.")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Texas tuition is among the lowest in the Nation.

Apparently ROMNEY has the Obama inside the beltway disease that is at epidemic purportion.

LYING

But ROMNUTS knows his audience. The Rabid socialist Radicals in the “Repub” underbelly.


73 posted on 09/28/2011 7:44:14 AM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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To: USS Alaska

WHERE IS THE F-N LINK.

Smears and BS is NOT a LINK.


74 posted on 09/28/2011 7:46:50 AM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“Rick Perry has stated flatly that he will seal the border, that he does not support the Federal Dream Act and that he does not support Amnesty.”
All true but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Rick Perry has also said he opposes e verification, the most important part of the enforcement puzzle,for the same reasons Dems oppose it, further opposes a fence and he would consider a path to citizenship (amnesty) once the border is enforced, not to mention granting instate tuition discounts


75 posted on 09/28/2011 7:47:21 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: trisham

You have NO idea what you are talking about PERRY does use DRONES on the border.

Asa for the Israeli fence..hasn’t stopped the murders by the enemy. When not if the Palestinian springs starts. That fence will only slow them down NOT stop them.

The simplistic (being kind) views held by the Perry Haters is actually embarrassing for the repubs. but hey fox and the rest of the msm are giving you a lot of airplay. trying to bolster Obama’s sagging poll numbers.


76 posted on 09/28/2011 7:55:23 AM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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To: lonestar

Awww, boohoo. I must have no heart. If I had a heart I would love those stinking Mexicans like Perry does.


77 posted on 09/28/2011 7:56:46 AM PDT by anton
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To: Marty62

You’re arguing against a straw man. Knock yourself out.


78 posted on 09/28/2011 7:58:13 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Condor51

Actually you are. The 15 million Americans that are suffering under this administration due to UE probably could give a Rats behind whether some kid gets a 1thou in tuition credit in Tx. THEY are more interested in JOBS and Economic recovery.

The Perry-haters are in fact heartless, they care less for their neighbors than in-state tuition receipients.


79 posted on 09/28/2011 7:59:46 AM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

CW fact facts facts. The whole point was to relieve the Medicare system from having to pay for illegals health care. The idea of Ins agencies covering both. Rather than as it is NOW. You have to buy a policy if YOU go to MX. But it’s not the same if Mx come to U.S. It is Fed Law NO hospital can turn away a patient based on ability to pay or race etc.

But hey to the uneducated it makes a good sound bite.


80 posted on 09/28/2011 8:04:50 AM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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