[TornadoAlley3]

If Texans wanted the illegals to get in state tuition, Perry was correct. Will of the voters.

[txzman]

“If Texans wanted the illegals to get in state tuition, Perry was correct. Will of the voters.”

Exactly! Don’t like it - move!

[kabar]

The issue is being challenged in the courts, Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas v. State of Texas (University of Houston). The lawsuit claims the state laws violated the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, which “prohibits states from providing a postsecondary education benefit to an alien not lawfully present in the United States on the basis of residence unless any U.S. citizen or national is eligible for the same benefit.”

States ought not to be in the business of subsidizing illegal aliens. Every one dollar you make available to an illegal immigrant is one dollar you are not giving to one of your citizens. To grant illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates directly discriminates against non-resident U.S. citizens from surrounding states. That is a direct violation of the equal protection clause.

Do you support sancturary cities if it is the will of the state voters?

[Hattie]

If Texans wanted the illegals to get in state tuition, Perry was correct. Will of the voters.

I live in TX and was never asked or given a vote on what I wanted. Perry and the legislature decided what was "best" for the rest of us in the state.