Posted on 02/15/2025 4:22:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Illegal immigrants and other students protest in support of in-state tuition for "migrants."
If you want to know why academia is foursquare behind illegal migration, yes, follow the ideology.
But you can also, perhaps, even more easily follow the money.
In fact, there are currently a staggering 408,000 illegal aliens enrolled in American higher-ed institutions, according to The College Fix. And lest you think academia is doing this out of the goodness of its woke little heart, think again. Colleges and universities cash in, collecting taxpayer money for enrolling the foreigners.
Just as outrageously, 25 states offer these aliens in-state tuition benefits while denying them to out-of-state citizens. This practice is illegal, too, based on a 1996 law signed by then-president Bill Clinton. But that law has never been enforced. (This is something else the Trump administration can get busy on.)
Worse still, 20 of those states offer illegals government financial aid. Meanwhile, American students — whose parents have funded the system for years with their tax dollars — often must pay full freight.
So how did we get to this point? As The College Fix’s Jared Gould explained recently after speaking to a number of lawyers about the matter:
One pivotal moment in this story came in 1982 with the Supreme Court’s Plyler v. Doe decision. The Court struck down a Texas law that denied state funds for educating the children of illegal immigrants. In what can only be called judicial activism (read the dissenting opinion), the Court stretched the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause to argue that denying education to illegal immigrants would unfairly disadvantage them and burden society.
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or are they saying they ave them enrolled and then collect the money ?
Burden society. That’s a good one!
It seems that every U.S. institution, both private and public, gets rich off of illegal aliens.
The American citizen’s job is to pay for it.
"Colleges and universities cash in, collecting taxpayer money for enrolling the foreigners. "
This really hits home. We’re still paying off loans for three kids, now adults and paying their way, but we’ve also payed for illegals and that sucks. I just hope Elon and Trump stop this leech fest.
I was at lunch the other week with a group of people who were not born in the usa
my grasp of Asian languages is not as good as my grasp of European languages, and I was the only person not using chopsticks but they started discussing how many years they had left till they could retire with full ss benefits and the countries they could move to.
I did not realize that h1b workers could work here for 10 years and then since their pay was in the $140s retire with max possible SS benefits in another country. (double the benefits of the average us citizen who has worked 35 years)
they were counting down the months till they could do this.
“25 states offer these aliens in-state tuition benefits while denying them to out-of-state citizens”
Violating not just the 1996 law but the Constitution.
But, little things. You know, we OWE them.
Send that to Trump...or Trump, jr
An out-of-state student might sue for the tuition difference based on Plyler v. Doe.
The lawsuit might force the Supreme Court to effectively reevaluate that decision.
Dear Anchor Baby Mom & Dad:
Here is your 2026 1099 for Anchor Baby’s ‘free’ public education.
2026 $32,734
Amendment XVI gives Congress the power to tax any form of income.
“The American citizen’s job is to pay for it.”
Yes, we are SLAVES.
A Natural Born Citizen’s mind is a terrible thing to waste.
What does the United Negro College Fund have to say about this?
U.S. taxpayers are going to get the bill for these bastards’ tuition. Trump needs to refuse to pay it.
“Plyler v. Doe”
Since Trump issued the EO clarifying Birthright Citizenship, Plyler is the next big hurdle.
It needs to be overturned. We owe nothing to the citizens of foreign nations in this country illegally.
Crap like this is the reason for my tagline!
I wonder if it is as hard for them to apply and be accepted as it is for our American kids that sweat bullets trying to get in college only to have their spots taken by IILEGALS. Makes me furious.
“Section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) bars states from providing “postsecondary education benefits” to those who are “not lawfully present” based on in-state residency unless all citizens of the United States are eligible for those benefits regardless of state residency.”
Big academia is full of scumbags ripping off the taxper.
H1B can Retire in ten years and have SS sent to them anywhere in the world?
That is utter bullcheet, also cheeting US taxpayers Beeg Tyme
This Kuh-Rap is insane and must be stopped, pronto.
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