“Perry is correct on the issue.”
—you come over the border from Mexico and you get in-state tuition, but if you come over the border from Oklahoma you don’t? Doesn’t sound like good policy.
From what I have read, if you come over the border from Oklahoma and establish residency for a year, yes, you get in-state tuition. Whereas the illegal must establish 3 years of residency. So, comparing illegal vs. other state doesn't hold up. The argument that they should get in state tuition because they have lived in Texas and paid taxes and will become productive, educated people by going to college doesn't hold up either. The question, that someone already asked, of where are they supposed to work, since they are here illegally shoots down the reason behind subsidizing their education.