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Right -- but I should clarify something here. My previous comment about states like California that issue different driver's licenses to illegal aliens is only partly true. They give them a different license, but the license could be obtained by anyone who wishes to obtain a license that does not meet Federal standards for identification (for TSA purposes, in particular). So anyone who sees the license may assume that the person is an illegal alien but will not be certain of it. More importantly, anyone other than a Federal employee or someone interested in turning them over to ICE may have no reason to even ask them about their legal status in the U.S.

Yes. Good point about the license. Naturally, anyone with such a license is not necessarily in the country illegally and should not be treated as such....at least from a legal standpoint.

UC Berkeley has several dozens....if not hundreds...of students in attendance who are in this country illegally (which may be one of the reasons my nephew didn’t get in by the way). The University is therefore necessarily using federal money to help illegal immigrants. As we agree, they are under no obligation to turn the illegal immigrants over the the feds, but the Feds can likely cut federal funds to the university for supporting non-citizens over citizens.