Let's get the fact straight. Illegals who graduated from Texas high schools would pay the same tuition as other instate graduates. They would NOT get a discount.
Let's get this straight Texan ( are you Perry ? LOL), illegals who get this discount get a special benefit that us LEGAL Americans living outside of Texas cant get. It puts Americans at the back of the line CONTRARY to FEDERAL LAW.
The Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 states that 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 post-secondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such benefit without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident.
In-state tuition for illegal immigrants contradicts federal regulations