[Milton Miteybad]

Because state universities are chartered primarily for the benefit of (and financed primarily by) the citizens of that particular state. In-state tuition rates are lower because it is assumed that the parents of a resident of that state are already contributing to the state tax base. In contrast, a non-resident student (a youngster from Connecticut wants to attend the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, for instance) is charged a higher tuition because his parents are NOT residents of Tennessee, and as such, do not directly contribute to the state tax base.

And that's why you have in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.

[Oatka]

And that's why you have in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.

If these bills ever look like they are going to pass, the Republicans who still have spines ought to offer an amendment that these illegals be treated as out-of-state residents (because they are) and have to pay the higher rates. Then watch the Democrats contort themselves as they try and explain why an illegal alien should be treated better than a native-born student.